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Problem Note 34260: A segmentation violation occurs when you import Microsoft Excel files with column names that contain multiple underscores
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In SAS® 9.2C, when you import Microsoft files in UNIX environments and on other 64-bit platforms that use the XLS engine, the following segmentation violation can occur:
Segmentation Violation In Task [ IMPORT ] dindbssetup+0x04c1c - /opt/sas9.2/SASFoundation/9.2/sasexe/sasimxcl
The problem occurs in SAS 9.2C because of an error in the column-checking routine when a spreadsheet has two or more columns that either contain multiple underscores or that share a common prefix before an underscore (for example, the prefix EMPLOYEE in EMPLOYEE_NAME and EMPLOYEE_ID). These files import properly in SAS® 9.1.
To circumvent the problem, rename one of the columns so that it does not contain underscores, or use the EXCELCS engine with the SAS PC File Server.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS/ACCESS Interface to PC Files | Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Linux | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||