Some variable values might be truncated when you use an ATTRIB statement to set the lengths of variables. This issue is unique to the Solaris S64 operating environment.

To circumvent the problem, remove the ATTRIB statement and use a LENGTH statement to set the variable lengths.

The sample program on the Full Code tab illustrates the problem.  Click the Output tab to see the output that is written to the SAS^® log.

Click the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	Product Release		SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*	Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	Base SAS	64-bit Enabled Solaris	9.3_M2	9.4_M5	9.3 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M5

* 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.

The presence of the ATTRIB statement causes the value of Var1 to become truncated after Var2=Src2. When the ATTRIB statement is commented out and the LENGTH statement is active, there is no longer a problem with the value of Var2.

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data test; 
   attrib 
         src1 label = "Source 1" length = $2017 
         src2 label = "Source 2" length = $30761 
         var1 label = "Result 1" length = $2017 
         var2 label = "Result 2" length = $30766; 
 * length src1 var1 $2017 src2 $30761 var2 $30766;
   src1 = "SAS is bug free!"; 
   src2 = " "; 
   var1 = src1; 
   put "Before: " var1= $20.; 
   var2 = src2; 
   put "After:  " var1= $20.; 
run;

/* When the ATTRIB statement is uncommented and the LENGTH statement is commented out,  */
/* the following results are written to the log:                                        */

Before: var1=SAS is bug free! 
After:  var1=SAS is bug     ! 

/* When the ATTRIB statement is commented out and the LENGTH statement is uncommented, */
/* the following results are written to the log:                                       */

Before: var1=SAS is bug free!
After:  var1=SAS is bug free!

A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.4_M3 is available at:

https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/V01.html#61271

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A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.3_M2 is available at:

https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/I22.html#61271

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Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	high

Date Modified:	2017-11-07 09:24:40
Date Created:	2017-10-20 08:42:55