Problem Note 37739: System abend 0C4 occurs after a PLOT procedure is executed with the CONTOUR= option specified
A job that uses PROC PLOT with the CONTOUR= option specified might subsequently fail with system abend 0C4.
The failure can occur at different points, depending on memory allocation for the specific job. Failures have been reported during SAS® termination and during termination of the PROC PLOT step.
The problem is due to storage issues that result from using PROC PLOT with the CONTOUR= option.
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Operating System and Release Information
| SAS System | Base SAS | z/OS | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 |
| Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 |
| Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 |
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 |
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 |
| Windows Vista | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 |
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 |
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 |
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 |
| HP-UX IPF | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 |
| Linux | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 |
| Linux for x64 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 |
| OpenVMS on HP Integrity | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 |
| Solaris for x64 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 |
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fixed.
Storage issues might cause a job that uses PROC PLOT with the CONTOUR= option specified to fail with system abend 0C4. Failures have been reported during SAS® termination and during termination of the PROC PLOT step.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Date Modified: | 2009-12-01 11:33:46 |
| Date Created: | 2009-11-05 13:00:12 |
