Problem Note 56552: The MERGE statement in PROC DS2 produces incorrect results when more than two BY variables are specified
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The MERGE statement in PROC DS2 generates incorrect results when more than two BY variables are specified. No errors or warnings are written to the SAS® log when this occurs, but unexpected results are produced.
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Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 |
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| z/OS | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 10 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| z/OS 64-bit | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
A fix for this issue for SAS Threaded Kernel DS2 and FedSQL Language Processors 9.41_M1 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/A1F.html#56552| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Topic: | SAS Reference ==> Procedures ==> DS2 SAS Reference ==> Statements ==> File-handling ==> MERGE ==> with BY |
| Date Modified: | 2015-11-05 15:20:01 |
| Date Created: | 2015-09-08 13:03:25 |