Referring to a table that has been sorted and indexed in a correlated subquery might cause a Read-access violation when you run PROC SQL.

To temporarily work around this issue, do not presort the table to be indexed. This workaround causes the query to run longer than expected but should allow the query to execute.

To see sample code that reproduces this problem, click the Full Code tab in this note.

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	z/OS	9.3_M2		9.3 TS1M2
		Z64	9.3_M2		9.3 TS1M2
		Microsoft® Windows® for x64	9.3_M2		9.3 TS1M2
		Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit	9.3_M2		9.3 TS1M2
		Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64	9.3_M2		9.3 TS1M2
		Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit	9.3_M2		9.3 TS1M2
		Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64	9.3_M2		9.3 TS1M2
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition	9.3_M2		9.3 TS1M2
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition	9.3_M2		9.3 TS1M2
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition	9.3_M2		9.3 TS1M2
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64	9.3_M2		9.3 TS1M2
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008	9.3_M2		9.3 TS1M2
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2	9.3_M2		9.3 TS1M2
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64	9.3_M2		9.3 TS1M2
		Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter	9.3_M2		9.3 TS1M2
		Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std	9.3_M2		9.3 TS1M2
		Microsoft Windows XP Professional	9.3_M2		9.3 TS1M2
		Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit	9.3_M2		9.3 TS1M2
		Windows 7 Enterprise x64	9.3_M2		9.3 TS1M2
		Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit	9.3_M2		9.3 TS1M2
		Windows 7 Home Premium x64	9.3_M2		9.3 TS1M2
		Windows 7 Professional 32 bit	9.3_M2		9.3 TS1M2
		Windows 7 Professional x64	9.3_M2		9.3 TS1M2
		Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit	9.3_M2		9.3 TS1M2
		Windows 7 Ultimate x64	9.3_M2		9.3 TS1M2
		Windows Vista	9.3_M2		9.3 TS1M2
		Windows Vista for x64	9.3_M2		9.3 TS1M2
		64-bit Enabled AIX	9.3_M2		9.3 TS1M2
		64-bit Enabled HP-UX	9.3_M2		9.3 TS1M2
		64-bit Enabled Solaris	9.3_M2		9.3 TS1M2
		HP-UX IPF	9.3_M2		9.3 TS1M2
		Linux	9.3_M2		9.3 TS1M2
		Linux for x64	9.3_M2		9.3 TS1M2
		Solaris for x64	9.3_M2		9.3 TS1M2

* 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 code reproduces the Read-access violation documented in this SAS Note.

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data one;                             
    format a b c d  8.;               
    input a b c d ;                   
    datalines;                        
  1 25193 1 2                         
  1 25193 1 3                         
  1 25193 2 1                         
  ;                                   
  RUN;                                
                                      
proc sort data=one;                   
     by a b ;                         
run;                                  
                                      
proc sql;                             
 create index a on one;               
quit;                                 
                                      
                                      
proc sql;                             
    create table one1 as              
    select * from one as a            
    where c = (SELECT c FROM one as b 
    WHERE a.a=b.a                     
      AND b.d = 1                     
      )                               
   ;                                  
QUIT;                                 

A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.3_M2 is available at:

https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/I22.html#51138

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Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	high

Date Modified:	2013-10-28 16:52:46
Date Created:	2013-09-24 09:37:39