Using the XML LIBNAME engine to read XML files that contain elements with values greater than 256 characters in length might generate "segmentation violation" errors in SAS® 9.2. There is currently no circumvention for this problem.

Click the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	Product Release		SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*	Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	Base SAS	z/OS	9.21_M3		9.2 TS2M3
		Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems	9.21_M3		9.2 TS2M3
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition	9.21_M3		9.2 TS2M3
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition	9.21_M3		9.2 TS2M3
		Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition	9.21_M3		9.2 TS2M3
		Microsoft® Windows® for x64	9.21_M3		9.2 TS2M3
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition	9.21_M3		9.2 TS2M3
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition	9.21_M3		9.2 TS2M3
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition	9.21_M3		9.2 TS2M3
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64	9.21_M3		9.2 TS2M3
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008	9.21_M3		9.2 TS2M3
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64	9.21_M3		9.2 TS2M3
		Microsoft Windows XP Professional	9.21_M3		9.2 TS2M3
		Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit	9.21_M3		9.2 TS2M3
		Windows 7 Enterprise x64	9.21_M3		9.2 TS2M3
		Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit	9.21_M3		9.2 TS2M3
		Windows 7 Home Premium x64	9.21_M3		9.2 TS2M3
		Windows 7 Professional 32 bit	9.21_M3		9.2 TS2M3
		Windows 7 Professional x64	9.21_M3		9.2 TS2M3
		Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit	9.21_M3		9.2 TS2M3
		Windows 7 Ultimate x64	9.21_M3		9.2 TS2M3
		Windows Vista	9.21_M3		9.2 TS2M3
		Windows Vista for x64	9.21_M3		9.2 TS2M3
		64-bit Enabled AIX	9.21_M3		9.2 TS2M3
		64-bit Enabled HP-UX	9.21_M3		9.2 TS2M3
		64-bit Enabled Solaris	9.21_M3		9.2 TS2M3
		HP-UX IPF	9.21_M3		9.2 TS2M3
		Linux	9.21_M3		9.2 TS2M3
		Linux for x64	9.21_M3		9.2 TS2M3
		OpenVMS on HP Integrity	9.21_M3		9.2 TS2M3
		Solaris for x64	9.21_M3		9.2 TS2M3

* 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.

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A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.21_M3 is available at:

http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/B25.html#42806

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Using the XML LIBNAME engine to read XML files that contain elements with values greater than 256 characters in length might generate "segmentation violation" errors in SAS® 9.2.

Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	medium

Date Modified:	2011-03-30 11:51:49
Date Created:	2011-03-29 06:44:59