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In SAS 9, attempting to read a Version 6 SAS data set in sequential
format which is sorted by more than ten variables may cause the SAS
System to generate errors.  Some errors that may be displayed are:

   ERROR: The format Õ        was not found or could not be loaded.
   ERROR: The format ÕOEA     was not found or could not be loaded.
   ERROR: The format Õ :¦  :ö was not found or could not be loaded.

These errors are not always specific to formats and are displayed
because of compatibility changes that were made to the Version 6
TAPE sequential engine that currently ships with SAS 9.  Note that
unlike similar errors reported in  #012437 , the sequential SAS data set
is not corrupted and can be read with previous versions of the SAS
System.

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A Technical Support hot fix for SAS 9.1 (TS1M0) for this
issue is available at:

http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/b9_sbcs_prod_list.html#013514

For customers running SAS with Asian Language Support (DBCS), this
hot fix should be downloaded from:

http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/b9_dbcs_prod_list.html#013514

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A Technical Support hot fix for SAS 9.1.2 (9.1 TS1M2) for this
issue is available at:

http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/c9_sbcs_prod_list.html#013514

For customers running SAS with Asian Language Support (DBCS), this
hot fix should be downloaded from:

http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/c9_dbcs_prod_list.html#013514

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A fix for SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3) for this issue is available at:

http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/e9_sbcs_prod_list.html#013514

For customers running SAS with Asian Language Support (DBCS), this
fix should be downloaded from:

http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/e9_dbcs_prod_list.html#013514

Operating System and Release Information

A fix for SAS 9.1 (9.1 TS1M0) for this issue is available at:

A fix for SAS 9.1 (9.1 TS1M0) with Asian Language Support (DBCS) for this issue is available at:

A fix for SAS 9.1.2 (9.1 TS1M2) for this issue is available at:

A fix for SAS 9.1.2 (9.1 TS1M2) with Asian Language Support (DBCS) for this issue is available at:

A fix for SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3) for this issue is available at:

A fix for SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3) with Asian Language Support (DBCS) for this issue is available at :