Problem Note 60654: PROC CONTENTS might generate a "Read Access Violation" error if the data set is stored on a remote drive
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An error message like the following might be generated by PROC CONTENTS or the CONTENTS statement in PROC DATASETS if the referenced data set is stored on a remote drive, such as a network drive or a Macintosh hard drive:
The SAS task name is [CONTENTS]
ERROR: Read Access Violation CONTENTS
Exception occurred at (0311FBF9)
Task Traceback
Address Frame (DBGHELP API Version 4.0 rev 5)
000000000311FBF9 0000000035EA4F60 sashost:Main+0x167B49
0000000003058234 0000000035EA5090 sashost:Main+0xA0184
0000000003043A7F 0000000035EA5120 sashost:Main+0x8B9CF
0000000003042E75 0000000035EA51C0 sashost:Main+0x8ADC5
000000000B9DD972 0000000035EA51C8 sase7opn:tkvercn1+0xC932
000000000AF96F2A 0000000035EA52D8 sasyoio:tkvercn1+0x25EEA
00000000055A7E17 0000000035EA5328 sasqutil:tkvercn1+0x56DD7
000000000557B2DF 0000000035EAC400 sasqutil:tkvercn1+0x2A29F
000000000556132D 0000000035EAF6F0 sasqutil:tkvercn1+0x102ED
0000000005570320 0000000035EAF9E0 sasqutil:tkvercn1+0x1F2E0
00000000045FD567 0000000035EAF9E8 sasxshel:tkvercn1+0x4C527
00000000055AA992 0000000035EAFB00 sasqutil:tkvercn1+0x59952
00000000055514B7 0000000035EAFBE0 sasqutil:tkvercn1+0x477
0000000002FC946E 0000000035EAFF20 sashost:Main+0x113BE
0000000002FCF2CD 0000000035EAFF50 sashost:Main+0x1721D
00007FFCD98D8364 0000000035EAFF58 KERNEL32:BaseThreadInitThunk+0x14
00007FFCDBE470D1 0000000035EAFF88 ntdll:RtlUserThreadStart+0x21
ERROR: Read Access Violation CONTENTS
Exception occurred at (0311FBF9)
Task Traceback
Address Frame (DBGHELP API Version 4.0 rev 5)
000000000311FBF9 0000000035EA4F60 sashost:Main+0x167B49
0000000003058234 0000000035EA5090 sashost:Main+0xA0184
0000000003043A7F 0000000035EA5120 sashost:Main+0x8B9CF
0000000003042E75 0000000035EA51C0 sashost:Main+0x8ADC5
000000000B9DD972 0000000035EA51C8 sase7opn:tkvercn1+0xC932
000000000AF96F2A 0000000035EA52D8 sasyoio:tkvercn1+0x25EEA
00000000055A7E17 0000000035EA5328 sasqutil:tkvercn1+0x56DD7
000000000557B2DF 0000000035EAC400 sasqutil:tkvercn1+0x2A29F
000000000556132D 0000000035EAF6F0 sasqutil:tkvercn1+0x102ED
0000000005570320 0000000035EAF9E0 sasqutil:tkvercn1+0x1F2E0
00000000045FD567 0000000035EAF9E8 sasxshel:tkvercn1+0x4C527
00000000055AA992 0000000035EAFB00 sasqutil:tkvercn1+0x59952
00000000055514B7 0000000035EAFBE0 sasqutil:tkvercn1+0x477
0000000002FC946E 0000000035EAFF20 sashost:Main+0x113BE
0000000002FCF2CD 0000000035EAFF50 sashost:Main+0x1721D
00007FFCD98D8364 0000000035EAFF58 KERNEL32:BaseThreadInitThunk+0x14
00007FFCDBE470D1 0000000035EAFF88 ntdll:RtlUserThreadStart+0x21
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Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 |
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.4 TS1M4 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 9.4 TS1M4 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.4 TS1M4 | |||
| Microsoft Windows 10 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.4_M4 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/A3Z.html#60654| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Date Modified: | 2017-06-20 14:33:46 |
| Date Created: | 2017-06-16 10:09:27 |