Problem Note 41119: Multiple WHERE ALSO statements in the DATA Step returns incorrect results or errors
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When using 6 or more WHERE ALSO statements in a DATA Step, SAS will return either incorrect results, a Read Access Violation ERROR, or SAS will terminate.
To circumvent the problem you will need to ensure you use 5 or less WHERE ALSO statements in the DATA Step by combining multiple WHERE ALSO statements.
Another circumvention is to use 1 WHERE clause with multiple AND conditions in the DATA Step instead of using the WHERE ALSO statements.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | z/OS | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows Vista | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows Vista for x64 | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Linux | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| OpenVMS on HP Integrity | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.21_M3 is available at:
http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/B25.html#41119| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Topic: | SAS Reference ==> DATA Step SAS Reference ==> Statements ==> Action ==> WHERE |
| Date Modified: | 2010-10-05 10:42:55 |
| Date Created: | 2010-10-04 10:18:05 |