Formatted character variables whose data set length is longer than the length of the formatted values and longer than 12 characters will display incorrect formatted values in the PROC GLIMMIX output and and in some cases the following error may appear in the SAS Log:

ERROR:  Read Access Violation In Task [ GLIMMIX )
Exception occurred at (01079B07)
Task Traceback
Address   Frame     (DBGHELP API Version 4.0 rev 5)
01079B07  0596F340  sashost:Main+0x12E77
0561034A  0596F3A4  sasglimm:mcn_main+0x16F34A
05601E17  0596F430  sasglimm:mcn_main+0x160E17
054D7884  0596F544  sasglimm:mcn_main+0x36884
054A11B0  0596FF88  sasglimm:mcn_main+0x1B0
01072B02  0596FFA0  sashost:Main+0xBE72
01076C20  0596FFB4  sashost:Main+0xFF90
7C57B3BC  0596FFEC  KERNEL32:lstrcmpiW+0xB7

ERROR: Signal caught by CMP from PROC.

There is no circumvention for the problem.

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Operating System and Release Information

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