Problem Note 60862: PROC EXPAND returns a Segmentation Violation error when run in some European language locales
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If you run PROC EXPAND with the French, German, Italian, Polish, or Spanish language environment, and the FROM= option is specified, SAS® might return the following error:
ERROR: An exception has been encountered
Segmentation Violation in task [EXPAND]
Segmentation Violation in task [EXPAND]
This error occurs when gaps are included in the DATA= data set based on the values of the time ID variable and the interval specified in the FROM= option. The procedure should return the following warning message and continue processing:
WARNING: x observations have been omitted before observation number n in data set WORK.<DATA> according to the FROM=<interval> specification and the ID variable values.
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Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS/ETS | z/OS | 14.2 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 |
| z/OS 64-bit | 14.2 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 14.2 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 14.2 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 14.2 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 14.2 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 14.2 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 14.2 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 14.2 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 14.2 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 14.2 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 10 | 14.2 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 14.2 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 14.2 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 14.2 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 14.2 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 14.2 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 14.2 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 14.2 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 14.2 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 14.2 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 14.2 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 14.2 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 14.2 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 14.2 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 14.2 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 14.2 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 14.2 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 14.2 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 14.2 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 14.2 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 14.2 | 14.3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
A fix for this issue for Base SAS Statistical Procedures 14.2 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/A7Q.html#60862
PROC EXPAND might stop processing when the FROM= option is specified in the French, German, Italian, Polish, or Spanish language environment.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Topic: | Analytics ==> Exploratory Data Analysis Analytics ==> Forecasting Analytics ==> Time Series Analysis SAS Reference ==> Procedures ==> EXPAND |
| Date Modified: | 2018-01-09 12:22:48 |
| Date Created: | 2017-08-01 15:32:23 |