Problem Note 53995: SAS® 9.4 becomes unresponsive when you use the KINDEX function in a Unicode session
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SAS becomes and remains unresponsive when you use the KINDEX function in a SAS 9.4 Unicode session. The problem occurs if the input string to the KINDEX function contains binary characters such as %AD, as shown in the following example:
data test;
alias0="http://www.abc.com/en_us/software/sas%ADhadoop/in%ADmemory%ADhadoop.html";
alias0=ktrim(kleft(compbl(urldecode(alias0))));
put 'alias0:' alias0;
url_domain=kcompress(kscan(alias0,1,':')||'://'|| kscan(alias0,2,'/'));
put 'url_domain:' url_domain;
page=tranwrd(alias0,ktrim(kleft(url_domain)),'');
put 'page:' page;
if kindex(page,'?')>0 then put " XXX";
else put "YYY";
run;
This problem occurs only with SAS 9.4 Unicode sessions. It does not occur with SAS 9.4 in an English session.
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 | Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.4_M1 | 9.4_M2 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M2 |
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.4_M1 | 9.4_M2 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.4_M1 | 9.4_M2 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.4_M1 | 9.4_M2 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M1 | 9.4_M2 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.4_M1 | 9.4_M2 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 9.4_M1 | 9.4_M2 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 9.4_M1 | 9.4_M2 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 9.4_M1 | 9.4_M2 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 9.4_M1 | 9.4_M2 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.4_M1 | 9.4_M2 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 9.4_M1 | 9.4_M2 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.4_M1 | 9.4_M2 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 9.4_M1 | 9.4_M2 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro | 9.4_M1 | 9.4_M2 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M1 | 9.4_M2 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4_M1 | 9.4_M2 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 9.4_M1 | 9.4_M2 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 9.4_M1 | 9.4_M2 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M1 | 9.4_M2 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4_M1 | 9.4_M2 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.4_M1 | 9.4_M2 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.4_M1 | 9.4_M2 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.4_M1 | 9.4_M2 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.4_M1 | 9.4_M2 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 9.4_M1 | 9.4_M2 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.4_M1 | 9.4_M2 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.4_M1 | 9.4_M2 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.4_M1 | 9.4_M2 | 9.4 TS1M1 | 9.4 TS1M2 | ||
A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.4_M1 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/M88.html#53995| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Date Modified: | 2014-08-29 14:29:49 |
| Date Created: | 2014-08-27 10:41:29 |