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Problem Note 16549: LIBNAME statement for SAS/ACCESS® Interface to OLE DB with ODBC data source returns Floating Point Exception errors

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When using a LIBNAME statement with the OLE DB engine to access a ODBC data source for DB2 using the Neon Shadow ODBC driver, the LIBNAME statement fails with a Floating Point Exception error but succeeds the second time it is submitted. For example,

  NOTE: SAS 9.1.3 Service Pack 3

  NOTE: SAS initialization used:
        real time           0.59 seconds
        cpu time            0.56 seconds

  1    libname x oledb Provider=msdasql dsn=TSYS pwd=XXXXXXXX
         uid=ta3393b;
  ERROR: Invalid Operation.
  ERROR: Invalid Operation.
  ERROR: Invalid Operation.
  ERROR: Termination due to Floating Point Exception
  2    libname x oledb Provider=msdasql dsn=TSYS pwd=XXXXXXXX
         uid=ta3393b;
  NOTE: Libref X was successfully assigned as follows:
        Engine:        OLEDB
        Physical Name: msdasql

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Operating System and Release Information

Product FamilyProductSystemSAS Release
ReportedFixed*
SAS SystemSAS/ACCESS Interface to OLE DBMicrosoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems9.1 TS1M3 SP39.1 TS1M3 SP4
Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition9.1 TS1M3 SP39.1 TS1M3 SP4
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition9.1 TS1M3 SP39.1 TS1M3 SP4
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition9.1 TS1M3 SP39.1 TS1M3 SP4
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation9.1 TS1M3 SP39.1 TS1M3 SP4
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition9.1 TS1M3 SP39.1 TS1M3 SP4
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server9.1 TS1M3 SP39.1 TS1M3 SP4
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server9.1 TS1M3 SP39.1 TS1M3 SP4
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server9.1 TS1M3 SP39.1 TS1M3 SP4
Microsoft Windows XP Professional9.1 TS1M3 SP39.1 TS1M3 SP4
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional9.1 TS1M3 SP39.1 TS1M3 SP4
* 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.