Problem Note 19930: Using more than 36 tables in a UNION operation within an SQL procedure generates an error message
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Using more than 36 tables in a UNION operation within an SQL procedure (PROC SQL) generates the following error message:
ERROR: Query is too complex to be processed. It references more than
16 tables.
Select the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows NT Workstation | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Server | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| z/OS | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Linux | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Linux on Itanium | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| OpenVMS Alpha | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Tru64 UNIX | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 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#019930A 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#019930| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Topic: | SAS Reference ==> SQL SAS Reference ==> Procedures ==> SQL |
| Date Modified: | 2007-04-26 10:44:09 |
| Date Created: | 2007-04-09 12:14:28 |