Problem Note 41008: Variable spanned records with an LRECL= system option value greater than 32760 are not handled correctly in SAS® 9.2 resulting in an ABEND002-4
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When you create a file in a SAS job using a SAS release earlier than SAS 9.2, specify the logical record length value for the LRECL= system option as 32767, and later run the same job in SAS 9.2, the output is created with an LRECL value of 32768 instead of 32767. In this situation, an ABEND002-4 occurs when the file is read.
This problem occurs only for existing files that are created with an LRECL value that is in the range of 32761-32767 and rely on the Data Set Control Block (DSCB) as the source for the LRECL information (for example, no LRECL value is specified in a DD or SAS statement). You might see the following error.
ERROR: LRECL=X is not supported for file xxxxxx.
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Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | N/A | z/OS | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 |
A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.21_M3 is available at:
http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/B25.html#41008A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.21_M2 is available at:
http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/C17.html#41008| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Date Modified: | 2010-10-13 16:07:35 |
| Date Created: | 2010-09-24 08:36:30 |