Problem Note 48054: Very long lines of syntax may cause a Generic Critical Error or unexpected syntax errors
Very long lines of syntax that appear on a single line can cause a Generic Critical Error or unexpected syntax errors.
For example:
ERROR: An exception has been encountered.
Please contact technical support and provide them with the following traceback information:
The SAS task name is [Submit]
ERROR: Read Access Violation Submit
Exception occurred at ([location])
Task Traceback
([traceback information])
ERROR: Generic critical error.
The above is not always produced. The problem can sometimes simply produce unexpected syntax errors.
This problem did not occur until SAS® 9.3
Operating System and Release Information
| SAS System | Base SAS | Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
| Z64 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
| z/OS | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
| Teradata on Linux | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
| Netezza TwinFin 64-bit SMP Hosts | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
| Netezza TwinFin 32-bit SMP Hosts | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
| Netezza TwinFin 32bit blade | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
| Greenplum on Linux x64 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
| DB2 Universal Database on Linux x64 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
| DB2 Universal Database on AIX | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
| Netezza TwinFin 64-bit S-Blades | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
| Aster Data nCluster on Linux x64 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
| Windows Vista | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
| Windows Vista for x64 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
| HP-UX IPF | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
| Linux | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
| Linux for x64 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
| Solaris for x64 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 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.
Very long lines of syntax that occur on a single line can cause a Generic Critical Error or unexpected syntax errors.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Date Modified: | 2012-10-02 14:01:42 |
| Date Created: | 2012-10-01 15:42:53 |
