Problem Note 49146: Using the SASFILE statement for large data sets might produce an error
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With SAS® 9.3, following error might occur when you use the SASFILE statement for large data sets (generally greater than 1 gigabyte):
ERROR: File XXXX.XXXX.DATA is damaged. I/O processing did not complete.
Click the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | Aster Data nCluster on Linux x64 | 9.3 | 9.3_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |
| DB2 Universal Database on AIX | 9.3 | 9.3_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| DB2 Universal Database on Linux x64 | 9.3 | 9.3_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Greenplum on Linux x64 | 9.3 | 9.3_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Netezza TwinFin 32bit blade | 9.3 | 9.3_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Netezza TwinFin 32-bit SMP Hosts | 9.3 | 9.3_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Netezza TwinFin 64-bit S-Blades | 9.3 | 9.3_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Netezza TwinFin 64-bit SMP Hosts | 9.3 | 9.3_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Teradata on Linux | 9.3 | 9.3_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| z/OS | 9.3 | 9.3_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Z64 | 9.3 | 9.3_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.3 | 9.3_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Server | 9.3 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.3 | 9.3_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.3 | 9.3_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.3 | 9.3_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 9.3 | 9.3_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.3 | 9.3_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.3 | 9.3_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.3 | 9.3_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.3 | 9.3_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.3 | 9.3_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.3 | 9.3_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.3 | 9.3_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.3 | 9.3_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.3 | 9.3_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.3 | 9.3_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.3 | 9.3_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Windows Vista | 9.3 | 9.3_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Windows Vista for x64 | 9.3 | 9.3_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.3 | 9.3_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.3 | 9.3_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.3 | 9.3_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.3 | 9.3_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Linux | 9.3 | 9.3_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Linux for x64 | 9.3 | 9.3_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.3 | 9.3_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.3_M2 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/I22.html#49146A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.3_M1 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/F98.html#49146| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Topic: | SAS Reference ==> Statements ==> Program Control ==> SASFILE |
| Date Modified: | 2013-04-15 09:29:59 |
| Date Created: | 2013-02-13 14:33:58 |