Problem Note 41785: Read Access Violation errors occur when creating a long macro variable with the PROC SQL / INTO: macro interface
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Read Access Violation errors occur when creating a long macro variable with the PROC SQL / INTO: macro interface with the SEPARATED BY clause.
Creating a very long macro variable using the PROC SQL / INTO: macro interface and the SEPARATED BY clause can cause PROC SQL to produce a Read Access Violation. If running this code interactively, the error causes the Display Manager to terminate.
A hotfix is planned for this issue.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | z/OS | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M3 |
| Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Server | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows NT Workstation | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Windows Vista | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Windows Vista for x64 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Linux | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Linux on Itanium | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| OpenVMS Alpha | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Tru64 UNIX | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
This sample code was used to produce the Read Access Violations in PROC SQL. It also causes the Display Manager to terminate.
data a;
length a $ 32767;
a=repeat("a",20000);
run;
proc sql noprint;
select a into :m_a separated by ' '
from a;
quit;
A fix for SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3) for this issue is available at:
http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/e9_sbcs_prod_list.html#041785A fix for SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3) with Asian Language Support (DBCS) for this issue is available at:
http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/e9_dbcs_prod_list.html#041785A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.21_M3 is available at:
http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/B25.html#41785| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Date Modified: | 2010-12-08 11:43:51 |
| Date Created: | 2010-12-08 10:26:26 |