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

Product Family	Product	System	SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	Base SAS	z/OS	9.2 TS1M0	9.2 TS2M2
		Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems	9.2 TS1M0	9.2 TS2M2
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition	9.2 TS1M0	9.2 TS2M2
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition	9.2 TS1M0	9.2 TS2M2
		Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition	9.2 TS1M0	9.2 TS2M2
		Microsoft® Windows® for x64	9.2 TS1M0	9.2 TS2M2
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition	9.2 TS1M0	9.2 TS2M2
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition	9.2 TS1M0	9.2 TS2M2
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition	9.2 TS1M0	9.2 TS2M2
		Microsoft Windows XP Professional	9.2 TS1M0	9.2 TS2M2
		Windows Vista	9.2 TS1M0	9.2 TS2M2
		64-bit Enabled AIX	9.2 TS1M0	9.2 TS2M2
		64-bit Enabled HP-UX	9.2 TS1M0	9.2 TS2M2
		64-bit Enabled Solaris	9.2 TS1M0	9.2 TS2M2
		HP-UX IPF	9.2 TS1M0	9.2 TS2M2
		Linux	9.2 TS1M0	9.2 TS2M2
		Linux for x64	9.2 TS1M0	9.2 TS2M2
		OpenVMS on HP Integrity	9.2 TS1M0	9.2 TS2M2
		Solaris for x64	9.2 TS1M0	9.2 TS2M2

* 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.

This code will reproduce the segmentation violation

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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.

http://support.sas.com/techsup/contact/index.html

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Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	high

Date Modified:	2009-10-11 17:50:17
Date Created:	2009-05-12 13:34:36