40559 - VVALUE function causes segmentation violation in some cases in SAS® 9.1.3

Problem Note 40559: VVALUE function causes segmentation violation in some cases in SAS® 9.1.3

The VVALUE function causes segmentation violations in some cases in SAS 9.1.3. This has been fixed in 9.2.

The current workaround is to declare a length that is long enough to hold the result from the function.

Product Family	Product	System	SAS Release
Product Family	Product	System	Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	Base SAS	Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Server	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		64-bit Enabled HP-UX	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		64-bit Enabled AIX	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Windows Vista	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Windows Vista for x64	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows XP Professional	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows NT Workstation	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		z/OS	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		64-bit Enabled Solaris	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		HP-UX IPF	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Linux	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Linux on Itanium	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		OpenVMS Alpha	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Solaris for x64	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Tru64 UNIX	9.1 TS1M3 SP4

* 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.

A fix for SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3) for this issue is available at:

A fix for SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3) with Asian Language Support (DBCS) for this issue is available at:

Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	medium
Topic:	SAS Reference ==> Functions ==> Character

Date Modified:	2010-08-11 09:49:17
Date Created:	2010-08-11 09:44:48