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Problem Note 57042: An ORDER BY clause in a PROC SQL statement is ignored in rare cases

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In rare cases when you select and group aggregate functions in an SQL procedure, the result set is not ordered as expected.

The following example demonstrates the problem:

PROC SQL; CREATE TABLE result as SELECT MIN(table0.age) , table0.sex , SUM(table0.height) , table0.name FROM sashelp.class table0 GROUP BY PUT(table0.age,? 4.), 2, 4 ORDER BY table0.name ASC ; QUIT;

After this code is run, the result table is not sorted by the NAME column as instructed.

To obtain the desired sort order, perform a SORT procedure after you run PROC SQL.

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Operating System and Release Information

Product FamilyProductSystemSAS Release
ReportedFixed*
SAS SystemBase SASz/OS9.4 TS1M29.4 TS1M4
z/OS 64-bit9.4 TS1M29.4 TS1M4
Microsoft® Windows® for x649.4 TS1M29.4 TS1M4
Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit9.4 TS1M29.4 TS1M4
Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x649.4 TS1M29.4 TS1M4
Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit9.4 TS1M29.4 TS1M4
Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x649.4 TS1M29.4 TS1M4
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit9.4 TS1M29.4 TS1M4
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x649.4 TS1M29.4 TS1M4
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit9.4 TS1M29.4 TS1M4
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x649.4 TS1M29.4 TS1M4
Microsoft Windows 109.4 TS1M29.4 TS1M4
Microsoft Windows Server 20089.4 TS1M29.4 TS1M4
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R29.4 TS1M29.4 TS1M4
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x649.4 TS1M29.4 TS1M4
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter9.4 TS1M29.4 TS1M4
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter9.4 TS1M29.4 TS1M4
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std9.4 TS1M29.4 TS1M4
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std9.4 TS1M29.4 TS1M4
Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit9.4 TS1M29.4 TS1M4
Windows 7 Enterprise x649.4 TS1M29.4 TS1M4
Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit9.4 TS1M29.4 TS1M4
Windows 7 Home Premium x649.4 TS1M29.4 TS1M4
Windows 7 Professional 32 bit9.4 TS1M29.4 TS1M4
Windows 7 Professional x649.4 TS1M29.4 TS1M4
Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit9.4 TS1M29.4 TS1M4
Windows 7 Ultimate x649.4 TS1M29.4 TS1M4
64-bit Enabled AIX9.4 TS1M29.4 TS1M4
64-bit Enabled Solaris9.4 TS1M29.4 TS1M4
HP-UX IPF9.4 TS1M29.4 TS1M4
Linux for x649.4 TS1M29.4 TS1M4
Solaris for x649.4 TS1M29.4 TS1M4
* 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.