13550 - Performance degradation writing utility files with threaded SORT

Problem Note 13550: Performance degradation writing utility files with threaded SORT

While running the threaded version of PROC SORT, performance may be
degraded when writing utility files. This problem may also be seen in
procedures that call PROC SORT, such as PROC SUMMARY.


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#013550

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#013550

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	Base SAS	Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server	9.1 TS1M3	9.1 TS1M3 SP1
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Server	9.1 TS1M3	9.1 TS1M3 SP1
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server	9.1 TS1M3	9.1 TS1M3 SP1

* For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be fixed.

Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	medium
Topic:	Common Programming Tasks ==> Sorting Data

Date Modified:	2004-12-20 13:56:50
Date Created:	2004-10-07 12:10:22