In SAS 9.4 TS1M5, when you specify a high value for the PAGESIZE= SAS system option, you might encounter the following issues:

• The available memory is exhausted.
• Excessive CPU time is used.
• The output might be incomplete even though the job completes with RC=0.  

When you run a PRINT procedure step that uses PAGESIZE=MAX and does not define sufficient REGION (REGION=64M is defined in this example), you might see messages similar to the following:

When you run a PROC PRINT step with the same conditions as above except that you set REGION=256M, you might see the following messages:

When all the memory has been exhausted, you might encounter other symptoms not related to PAGESIZE, such as the following error:

There are two possible circumventions:

• Increase the REGION= setting for the job.
• Reduce the size specified for the PAGESIZE= SAS system option.     

Two hot fixes must be installed for the fix to be complete. If both hot fixes are not installed, you might get an abnormal termination. Under z/OS, this issue might surface the following error:

Note: The offset might vary.

For this issue, ensure that you install both hot fixes. When you click the link for the hot fix download on the Hot Fix tab, the downloads page contains a note that states that you must also install an additional hot fix.  

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

Operating System and Release Information

A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.4_M5 is available at: