Problem Note 62577: Using a WHERE clause with multiple AND conditions for a SASHELP view might return an incorrect result
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After you use a SASHELP view with a WHERE clause that contains multiple conditions, you might see that an incorrect number of rows is returned.
The following code example generates an error that returns zero rows:
data WORK.DATASET01; a=1;run;
data WORK.DATASET02; b=2;run;
data WORK.DATASET03; c=3;run;
data WORK.DATASET02; b=2;run;
data WORK.DATASET03; c=3;run;
data test;
set sashelp.vstable;
where libname eq "WORK"
and substr(memname,1,8) = "DATASET0" and memname ne "DATASET03";
run;
set sashelp.vstable;
where libname eq "WORK"
and substr(memname,1,8) = "DATASET0" and memname ne "DATASET03";
run;
A workaround is to use an IF statement that can return the correct number of rows. An example follows:
data test;
set sashelp.vstable;
if libname eq "WORK"
and substr(memname,1,8) = "DATASET0" and memname ne "DATASET03";
run;
set sashelp.vstable;
if libname eq "WORK"
and substr(memname,1,8) = "DATASET0" and memname ne "DATASET03";
run;
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 | z/OS | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 |
| z/OS 64-bit | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 10 | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.4_M4 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 9.4_M4 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.4_M4 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.4_M4 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M4 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.4_M5 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/B6Q.html#62577A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.4_M4 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/A3Z.html#62577| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | alert |
| Topic: | SAS Reference ==> Statements ==> Action ==> WHERE Data Management ==> Data Sources ==> Data Views |
| Date Modified: | 2018-08-07 10:36:46 |
| Date Created: | 2018-07-04 01:17:09 |