Problem Note 19224: PROC APPEND fails with SGIO option on Windows operating systems
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When appending a DATA= data set to a BASE= data set that has indexes, a page validation error can be generated and cause PROC APPEND to fail when using the SGIO option. This occurs on Windows operating systems.
The following error messages will be displayed in the SAS Log:
ERROR: Expecting page 4, got page 4 instead.
ERROR: Page validation error while reading WORK.XXX.DATA.
ERROR: File WORK.XXX.DATA is damaged. I/O processing did not
complete.
In addition, during the processing of large amounts of data, the following error can also be generated:
ERROR: The open failed because library member librL.datasetname.DATA
is damaged.
Select the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue. Element E9BA85 within the hot fix references this issue.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.2 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server | 9.1 TS1M3 | |||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server | 9.1 TS1M3 | |||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Server | 9.1 TS1M3 | |||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional | 9.1 TS1M3 | |||
| Microsoft Windows NT Workstation | 9.1 TS1M3 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.1 TS1M3 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
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#019224A fix for SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3) with Asian Language Support (DBCS) for this issue is available at :
http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/e9_dbcs_prod_list.html#019224
PROC APPEND fails with SGIO option on Windows operating systems.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Topic: | SAS Reference ==> Procedures ==> APPEND |
| Date Modified: | 2007-05-22 11:20:03 |
| Date Created: | 2006-12-20 11:25:02 |