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Problem Note 44635: Using the EMAIL engine or the CATALOG access method in the FILENAME statement corrupts the SASHELP.VEXTFL view

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Using the EMAIL engine or the CATALOG access method in the FILENAME statement corrupts the SASHELP.VEXTFL view. If an attempt is made to access this view, the following error message occurs:

   ERROR: An unknown, abnormal error has occurred during execution at line # column #.
   ERROR: Termination due to Floating Point Exception.

DICTIONARY.EXTFILES can be used in place of SASHELP.VEXTFL. Here is an example.

   proc sql;
     create view sasuser.extfiles as
     select fileref, xpath, xengine, level, directory, 'exists'n, temporary
     from dictionary.extfiles;
   quit;

This behavior is new in SAS9.3 and did not occur in SAS9.2



Operating System and Release Information

Product FamilyProductSystemProduct ReleaseSAS Release
ReportedFixed*ReportedFixed*
SAS SystemBase SASSolaris for x649.39.3_M29.3 TS1M09.3 TS1M2
Linux for x649.39.3_M29.3 TS1M09.3 TS1M2
Linux9.39.3_M29.3 TS1M09.3 TS1M2
Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit9.39.3_M29.3 TS1M09.3 TS1M2
Windows 7 Professional x649.39.3_M29.3 TS1M09.3 TS1M2
Windows 7 Professional 32 bit9.39.3_M29.3 TS1M09.3 TS1M2
Windows 7 Home Premium x649.39.3_M29.3 TS1M09.3 TS1M2
Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit9.39.3_M29.3 TS1M09.3 TS1M2
Windows 7 Enterprise x649.39.3_M29.3 TS1M09.3 TS1M2
Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit9.39.3_M29.3 TS1M09.3 TS1M2
Microsoft Windows XP Professional9.39.3_M29.3 TS1M09.3 TS1M2
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x649.39.3_M29.3 TS1M09.3 TS1M2
Microsoft Windows Server 20089.39.3_M29.3 TS1M09.3 TS1M2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition9.39.3_M29.3 TS1M09.3 TS1M2
DB2 Universal Database on AIX9.39.3_M29.3 TS1M09.3 TS1M2
Teradata on Linux9.39.3_M29.3 TS1M09.3 TS1M2
Netezza TwinFin 64-bit SMP Hosts9.39.3_M29.3 TS1M09.3 TS1M2
Netezza TwinFin 32bit blade9.39.3_M29.3 TS1M09.3 TS1M2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x649.39.3_M29.3 TS1M09.3 TS1M2
HP-UX IPF9.39.3_M29.3 TS1M09.3 TS1M2
64-bit Enabled Solaris9.39.3_M29.3 TS1M09.3 TS1M2
64-bit Enabled HP-UX9.39.3_M29.3 TS1M09.3 TS1M2
64-bit Enabled AIX9.39.3_M29.3 TS1M09.3 TS1M2
Windows Vista for x649.39.3_M29.3 TS1M09.3 TS1M2
Windows Vista9.39.3_M29.3 TS1M09.3 TS1M2
Windows 7 Ultimate x649.39.3_M29.3 TS1M09.3 TS1M2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition9.39.3_M29.3 TS1M09.3 TS1M2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition9.39.3_M29.3 TS1M09.3 TS1M2
Microsoft® Windows® for x649.39.3_M29.3 TS1M09.3 TS1M2
Z649.39.3_M29.3 TS1M09.3 TS1M2
z/OS9.39.3_M29.3 TS1M09.3 TS1M2
Netezza TwinFin 64-bit S-Blades9.39.3_M29.3 TS1M09.3 TS1M2
Netezza TwinFin 32-bit SMP Hosts9.39.3_M29.3 TS1M09.3 TS1M2
Greenplum on Linux x649.39.3_M29.3 TS1M09.3 TS1M2
DB2 Universal Database on Linux x649.39.3_M29.3 TS1M09.3 TS1M2
Aster Data nCluster on Linux x649.39.3_M29.3 TS1M09.3 TS1M2
* 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.