Problem Note 49239: Parallel Group By facility produces incorrect results for MIN/MAX of short key variables in SAS® Scalable Performance Data Server®
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The SAS® Scalable Performance Data Server® Parallel Group By facility might produce incorrect results for MIN/MAX values when used with numeric key variables defined with a length that is less than the default of 8 bytes.
There are 3 possible circumventions:
- Define numeric key variables with the default length of 8 bytes.
- Disable the Parallel Group By facility. To disable Parallel Group By, use SQL reset options as described in Chapter 8 of the SAS® Scalable Performance Data Server® 4.52 User's Guide.
- Select 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* | |||
| SPDS | Scalable Performance Data Server | Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 4.52 HF7 | 4.52 HF8 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 4.52 HF7 | 4.52 HF8 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 4.52 HF7 | 4.52 HF8 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 4.52 HF7 | 4.52 HF8 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 4.52 HF7 | 4.52 HF8 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 4.52 HF7 | 4.52 HF8 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 4.52 HF7 | 4.52 HF8 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 4.52 HF7 | 4.52 HF8 | ||||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 4.52 HF7 | 4.52 HF8 | ||||
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 4.52 HF7 | 4.52 HF8 | ||||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 4.52 HF7 | 4.52 HF8 | ||||
| HP-UX IPF | 4.52 HF7 | 4.52 HF8 | ||||
| Linux for x64 | 4.52 HF7 | 4.52 HF8 | ||||
| Solaris for x64 | 4.52 HF7 | 4.52 HF8 | ||||
A fix for this issue for Scalable Performance Data Server 4.52 is available at:
http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/B57.html#49239A fix for this issue for SAS Scalable Performance Data Server 4.53 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/F61.html#49239A fix for this issue for SAS Scalable Performance Data Server 5.1 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/N49.html#49239| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Date Modified: | 2013-04-24 22:24:05 |
| Date Created: | 2013-02-21 15:11:28 |