Problem Note 54787: PROC REPORT incorrectly generates a "Segmentation Violation" error when a format is not found
The REPORT procedure incorrectly generates the following error when a user-defined format that is associated with a column in the input data set cannot be found:
ERROR: Unable to find or load format name for item ERROR: An exception has
been encountered.
Please contact technical support and provide them with the following
traceback information:
The SAS task name is [REPORT ]
Segmentation Violation
The correct error message that should be generated follows:
ERROR: Unable to find or load format FMTNAME for item variable.
To circumvent the problem, ensure that the format definitions for all of the variables in the input data set are available when PROC REPORT runs.
Operating System and Release Information
| SAS System | Base SAS | z/OS | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
| Z64 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.3 TS1M0 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.3 TS1M0 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.3 TS1M0 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.3 TS1M0 | |
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.3 TS1M0 | |
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.3 TS1M0 | |
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.3 TS1M0 | |
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.3 TS1M0 | |
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |
| Windows Vista | 9.3 TS1M0 | |
| Windows Vista for x64 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
| HP-UX IPF | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
| Linux | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
| Linux for x64 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
| Solaris for x64 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
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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.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Date Modified: | 2014-12-10 16:08:38 |
| Date Created: | 2014-12-05 11:06:53 |
