Problem Note 44635: Using the EMAIL engine or the CATALOG access method in the FILENAME statement corrupts the SASHELP.VEXTFL view
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
| SAS System | Base SAS | Solaris for x64 | 9.3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M2 |
| Linux for x64 | 9.3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M2 |
| Linux | 9.3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M2 |
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M2 |
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M2 |
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M2 |
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M2 |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M2 |
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M2 |
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M2 |
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M2 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M2 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M2 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M2 |
| DB2 Universal Database on AIX | 9.3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M2 |
| Teradata on Linux | 9.3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M2 |
| Netezza TwinFin 64-bit SMP Hosts | 9.3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M2 |
| Netezza TwinFin 32bit blade | 9.3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M2 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 9.3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M2 |
| HP-UX IPF | 9.3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M2 |
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M2 |
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M2 |
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M2 |
| Windows Vista for x64 | 9.3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M2 |
| Windows Vista | 9.3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M2 |
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M2 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M2 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M2 |
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M2 |
| Z64 | 9.3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M2 |
| z/OS | 9.3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M2 |
| Netezza TwinFin 64-bit S-Blades | 9.3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M2 |
| Netezza TwinFin 32-bit SMP Hosts | 9.3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M2 |
| Greenplum on Linux x64 | 9.3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M2 |
| DB2 Universal Database on Linux x64 | 9.3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M2 |
| Aster Data nCluster on Linux x64 | 9.3 | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M2 |
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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.
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 the view, the following error message is issued:
ERROR: An unknown, abnormal error has occurred during execution at line # column #.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Date Modified: | 2012-01-12 10:00:22 |
| Date Created: | 2011-10-12 14:51:08 |
