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A segmentation violation error can occur when writing to a SAS catalog. The error can occur when writing a single large entry to the catalog, or when writing a large number of smaller entries to a single catalog. Click the Full Code tab for sample code that reproduces this behavior.

Operating System and Release Information

options fullstimer ;
data sasuser.one (drop=st);
do j=1 to 2;
st=put(j,z32.) ;
start=st||st||st ;
end=start;
label=put(j,z10.) ;
fmtname="myfmt" ;
type='c' ;
if j=1 then hlo = "O";
else hlo='';
output ;
end ;
run ;

proc format cntlin=sasuser.one lib=sasuser.formats;
run ;

%let nranges=33333000;
filename incat catalog 'sasuser.formats.myfmt.formatc';
filename outcat catalog 'sasuser.formats2.myfmtbig.catams';
data _null_; 
infile incat; 
file outcat;
input; 
put _infile_; /* header */
input; /* first range record */
do i=1 to &nranges;
put _infile_; /* emit range records */
end;
input; /* other= label */
put _infile_; /* other= label */
input; /* first label record */
do i=1 to &nranges;
put _infile_;
end;
run;

A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.21 is available at. However, if you install SAS Maintenance after applying this hot fix, files delivered in the hot fix will not receive the proper Maintenance update. Please contact SAS Technical Support at the link shown below for information on accessing the hot fix.