Problem Note 63014: Using PROC CONTENTS or SAS® Explorer to list or view the column attributes of a data set might generate exception errors
Your SAS® log might display exception errors when you run the CONTENTS procedure on a data set. An example of the code that can cause this problem is shown here:
libname sampsio list;
proc contents data=sampsio.allsites;
run;
The same data set is printed without errors. However, an error that is similar to the following appears in the SAS log:
ERROR: An exception has been encountered.
Please contact technical support and provide them with the following traceback information:
The SAS task name is [CONTENTS]
ERROR: Write Access Violation CONTENTS
Exception occurred at (00000002)
Task Traceback
Address Frame (DBGHELP API Version 4.0 rev 5)
00007FFED60E89E1 000000BB670F0C18 sashost:Main+0x9E831
00007FFED61010D6 000000BB670F0E50 sashost:Main+0xB6F26
00007FFED60EB642 000000BB670F0EE0 sashost:Main+0xA1492
00007FFED60EAA0C 000000BB670F0FA0 sashost:Main+0xA085C
00007FFEC777E1A5 000000BB670F0FA8 sase7opn:tkvercn1+0xD165
00007FFEC77F5C7F 000000BB670F10B8 sasyoio:tkvercn1+0x34C3F
00007FFEE05F23B4 000000BB670F1108 sasqutil:tkvercn1+0x51374
00007FFEE05CC0E7 000000BB670F9AA0 sasqutil:tkvercn1+0x2B0A7
00007FFEE05ACE49 000000BB670FF280 sasqutil:tkvercn1+0xBE09
00007FFEE05BFAFA 000000BB670FF720 sasqutil:tkvercn1+0x1EABA
00007FFEE4B30150 000000BB670FF728 sasxshel:tkvercn1+0x4F110
00007FFEE05F9996 000000BB670FF840 sasqutil:tkvercn1+0x58956
00007FFEE05A14A1 000000BB670FF930 sasqutil:tkvercn1+0x461
00007FFED605ED88 000000BB670FFBA0 sashost:Main+0x14BD8
00007FFED6064E4D 000000BB670FFBD0 sashost:Main+0x1AC9D
00007FFF22871FE4 000000BB670FFBD8 KERNEL32:BaseThreadInitThunk+0x14
00007FFF234FCB31 000000BB670FFC08 ntdll:RtlUserThreadStart+0x21
NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.
NOTE: PROCEDURE CONTENTS used (Total process time):
real time 0.67 seconds
cpu time 0.29 seconds
In SAS Explorer, if you right-click the data set and select View Columns, you might see similar errors in the log. In that scenario, the error indicates that the SAS task name is “[Variable Listing]” rather than “[CONTENTS]” or “[Submit].”
Click the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.
Operating System and Release Information
SAS System | Base SAS | Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 |
Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 |
Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 |
Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 |
Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 |
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 |
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 |
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 |
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 |
Microsoft Windows 10 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.4_M5 | | 9.4 TS1M5 | |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 9.4_M5 | | 9.4 TS1M5 | |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.4_M5 | | 9.4 TS1M5 | |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 |
Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 |
Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 |
Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 |
Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 |
Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 |
Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 |
Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 |
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 |
64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 |
64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 |
HP-UX IPF | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 |
Linux for x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 |
Solaris for x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M6 |
*
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 SAS log might display errors when you run PROC CONTENTS on a data set although the same data set prints without errors. If you right-click the data set in the SAS Explorer window to view column attributes, the log reports similar errors.
Type: | Problem Note |
Priority: | high |
Date Modified: | 2018-10-11 13:42:50 |
Date Created: | 2018-10-01 13:34:11 |