Usage Note 19465: Segmentation violation when importing an Excel 5.0/95 spreadsheet into
SAS
The following error might occur when importing an Excel 5.0/95
spreadsheet into SAS:
Segmentation Violation In Task [ IMPORT ]
Fault Occurred at
[/opt/sas913/exe/sasimxcl.e9pf01:memcpy+0xec]
Task Traceback
This does not happen with Excel V97/2000 or later versions.
To circumvent the issue, open the file with Excel, then "save as" and
change the type to V97/2000.
Operating System and Release Information
| SAS System | SAS/ACCESS Interface to PC Files | Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Server | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | |
| Microsoft Windows NT Workstation | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | |
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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: | Usage Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Date Modified: | 2008-03-05 16:23:31 |
| Date Created: | 2007-01-31 14:53:49 |
