When running the Unicode version of SAS®, PROC SGPLOT fails with a segmentation violation when a group column is formatted with Japanese characters.

A hotfix is available for SAS 9.3M2.

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	Base SAS	Aster Data nCluster on Linux x64	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		DB2 Universal Database on AIX	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		DB2 Universal Database on Linux x64	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		Greenplum on Linux x64	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		Netezza TwinFin 32bit blade	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		Netezza TwinFin 32-bit SMP Hosts	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		Netezza TwinFin 64-bit S-Blades	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		Netezza TwinFin 64-bit SMP Hosts	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		Teradata on Linux	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		z/OS	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		Z64	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft® Windows® for x64	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows XP Professional	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Enterprise x64	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Home Premium x64	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Professional 32 bit	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Professional x64	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Ultimate x64	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		Windows Vista	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		Windows Vista for x64	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled AIX	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled HP-UX	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled Solaris	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		HP-UX IPF	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		Linux	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		Linux for x64	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0
		Solaris for x64	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M0

* 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.

This is the PROC SGPLOT code that illustrates the known issue with a segmentation violation.

---

Proc Format;  
Value CENTRALCONTROL
     1 = '���御�転'
     Other = 'Unknown' ;
run;

data tab1;
format order CENTRALCONTROL.;
set sashelp.class;
order=1;
run;


/*If the column in group is formatted*/
proc sgplot data=tab1;                                                                                                                  
     scatter x=height y=weight / group=ORDER; 
run;                                                                                                                                    
quit;

This is what is seen in the SAS log when the code is run:




The SAS task name is [SGPLOT]
ERROR:  Read Access Violation SGPLOT
Exception occurred at (0D1D61D1)
Task Traceback
Address   Frame     (DBGHELP API Version 4.0 rev 5)
000000000D1D61D1  000000000F91ADA0  sascmxml:tkvercn1+0x25191
000000000D1D5B18  000000000F91AEF0  sascmxml:tkvercn1+0x24AD8
000000000D1CB834  000000000F91B110  sascmxml:tkvercn1+0x1A7F4
000000000C773BED  000000000F91B118  sasstgr:tkvercn1+0x52BAD
000000000C78DB78  000000000F91B420  sasstgr:tkvercn1+0x6CB38
000000000C773491  000000000F91B950  sasstgr:tkvercn1+0x52451
000000000C78DB78  000000000F91B990  sasstgr:tkvercn1+0x6CB38
000000000C782555  000000000F91BA00  sasstgr:tkvercn1+0x61515
0000000006EC3338  000000000F91BA08  sasods:tkvercn1+0x1822F8
0000000006D726C8  000000000F91BC60  sasods:tkvercn1+0x31688
0000000006D731E2  000000000F91BE70  sasods:tkvercn1+0x321A2
0000000006EC3338  000000000F91BEB0  sasods:tkvercn1+0x1822F8
0000000006D9FA3B  000000000F91C480  sasods:tkvercn1+0x5E9FB
000000000BB78278  000000000F91C488  sassgplo:tkvercn1+0x77238
000000000BB3294F  000000000F91FCB0  sassgplo:tkvercn1+0x3190F
0000000003648AF7  000000000F91FCB8  sashost:Main+0xF427
000000000364D12D  000000000F91FF50  sashost:Main+0x13A5D
000000007774652D  000000000F91FF58  kernel32:BaseThreadInitThunk+0xD
0000000077C2C521  000000000F91FF88  ntdll:RtlUserThreadStart+0x21

Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	medium
Topic:	SAS Reference ==> Formats ==> Formats

Date Modified:	2012-11-06 14:44:31
Date Created:	2012-10-03 08:46:33