Problem Note 44902: SPDE (Scalable Performance Date Engine ) LIBNAME statement can generate an HSSTER error or cause SAS to terminate
This problem was originally reported by a customer running PC SAS. The root path used for the metadata was not particularly long. The DATAPATH and INDEXPATH arguments were not long for a PC but caused a LIBNAME statement error with a code HSSTER. In that example there were 8 locations in both the DATAPATH and INDEXPATH.
Shortening the path and adding more of them for a total of 20 locations in both DATAPATH and INDEXPATH, caused SAS to issue a critical error, trace back, and terminate.
Operating System and Release Information
| SAS System | Base SAS | Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 9.21 | 9.21_M3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | 9.21 | 9.21_M3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | 9.21 | 9.21_M3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
| Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 9.21 | 9.21_M3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.21 | 9.21_M3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.21 | 9.21_M3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.21 | 9.21_M3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.21 | 9.21_M3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 9.21 | 9.21_M3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.21 | 9.21_M3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.21 | 9.21_M3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
| Windows Vista | 9.21 | 9.21_M3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
| Windows Vista for x64 | 9.21 | 9.21_M3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.21 | 9.21_M3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.21 | 9.21_M3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.21 | 9.21_M3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
| HP-UX IPF | 9.21 | 9.21_M3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
| Linux | 9.21 | 9.21_M3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
| Linux for x64 | 9.21 | 9.21_M3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
| OpenVMS on HP Integrity | 9.21 | 9.21_M3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
| Solaris for x64 | 9.21 | 9.21_M3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
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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.
Long paths in an SPDE LIBNAME statement or many locations in the DATAPATH and INDEXPATH arguments can cause the LIBNAME statement to either generate an HSSTER error or terminate SAS.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Date Modified: | 2012-01-13 14:03:45 |
| Date Created: | 2011-11-16 12:57:25 |
