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Problem Note 40553: Parallel WHERE clause evaluation returns incorrect results for implicit and explicit pass-through

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Parallel WHERE clause evaluation can return incorrect results for implicit and explicit pass-through when the sorted order for the table is unusable.

When a SAS procedure retrieves rows from a sorted table, it attempts to use information about the sorted order to optimize the way in which the procedure uses the rows. For example, when you use PROC SQL to perform table joins on sorted tables that use extra WHERE predicates to filter table rows, PROC SQL uses information about the sorted order to optimize the JOIN strategy.

SAS® Scalable Performance Data Server® attempts to optimize performance by using parallel WHERE clause evaluation for a sorted table. However, parallel WHERE clause evaluation does not guarantee that rows are returned to PROC SQL in the sorted order, and incorrect results might occur.

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Operating System and Release Information

Product FamilyProductSystemProduct ReleaseSAS Release
ReportedFixed*ReportedFixed*
SPDSScalable Performance Data Server64-bit Enabled Solaris4.524.53
64-bit Enabled HP-UX4.524.53
64-bit Enabled AIX4.524.53
Microsoft Windows XP Professional4.524.53
Microsoft Windows Server 20084.524.53
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x644.524.53
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition4.524.53
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition4.524.53
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server4.524.53
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server4.524.53
Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition4.524.53
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition4.524.53
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition4.524.53
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation4.524.53
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional4.524.53
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server4.524.53
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition4.524.53
HP-UX IPF4.524.53
Linux for x644.524.53
Solaris for x644.524.53
* 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.