18200 - FLOW option on DEFINE statement may cause system error

Problem Note 18200: FLOW option on DEFINE statement may cause system error

The FLOW option on the DEFINE statement may cause a system specific error message such as SEGMENTATION VIOLATION, or READ ACCESS VIOLATION.

This is intermittent and might affect any output DESTINATION.

The only workaround is to remove the FLOW option.

Select the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.

Product Family	Product	System	SAS Release
Product Family	Product	System	Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	Base SAS	Microsoft Windows NT Workstation	9.1 TS1M3 SP3	9.2
		Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems	9.1 TS1M3 SP3	9.2
		Microsoft Windows XP Professional	9.1 TS1M3 SP3	9.2
		Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP3	9.2
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP3	9.2
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP3	9.2
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP3	9.2
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server	9.1 TS1M3 SP3	9.2
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional	9.1 TS1M3 SP3	9.2
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Server	9.1 TS1M3 SP3	9.2
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server	9.1 TS1M3 SP3	9.2
		Linux	9.1 TS1M3 SP3	9.2
		64-bit Enabled Solaris	9.1 TS1M3 SP3	9.2
		z/OS	9.1 TS1M3 SP3	9.2
		Linux on Itanium	9.1 TS1M3 SP3	9.2
		HP-UX IPF	9.1 TS1M3 SP3	9.2
		64-bit Enabled HP-UX	9.1 TS1M3 SP3	9.2
		OpenVMS Alpha	9.1 TS1M3 SP3	9.2
		64-bit Enabled AIX	9.1 TS1M3 SP3
		Tru64 UNIX	9.1 TS1M3 SP3	9.2

* 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.

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 :

Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	high
Topic:	SAS Reference ==> Procedures ==> REPORT

Date Modified:	2006-09-11 14:18:44
Date Created:	2006-08-01 16:48:56