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Problem Note 63593: The METALIB procedure might fail with a segmentation violation or an error when you update tables that contain multiple foreign keys

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When you use PROC METALIB or the Update Table Metadata menu selection in SAS® Management Console, the update process might fail to complete successfully. This problem occurs when the following conditions are true:

  • The table that you are trying to update contains multiple foreign keys.
  • You have installed Hot Fix B6Q042.

When this problem occurs, you see messages similar to the following 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 [METALIB ]
Segmentation Violation
Traceback of the Exception:
/install/RiskTesting/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/sas(+0x1666ce) [0x55e13f6616ce]
/install/RiskTesting/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/sas(+0x4e7df) [0x55e13f5497df]
/install/RiskTesting/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/tkmk.so(bkt_signal_handler+0x144) [0x7ff4c3d83a44]
/lib64/libpthread.so.0(+0xf5e0) [0x7ff4c53a15e0]
/install/RiskTesting/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/sasmetas(resolveIC+0x397) [0x7ff47a78f267]
/install/RiskTesting/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/sasmetas(updmeta+0x25c8) [0x7ff47a7702a8]
/install/RiskTesting/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/sasmetas(refmeta+0x1553) [0x7ff47a76c6d3]
/install/RiskTesting/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/sasmetas(sasmetas+0x262e) [0x7ff47a76083e]
/install/RiskTesting/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/sas(vvtentr+0x18a) [0x55e13f54933a]
/lib64/libpthread.so.0(+0x7e25) [0x7ff4c5399e25]
/lib64/libc.so.6(clone+0x6d) [0x7ff4c498a34d]

When this problem occurs, complete the following steps to ensure that the table metadata is correct:

  1. Delete the tables that failed to update from the metadata.
  2. Register the tables again using SAS Management Console or PROC METALIB code.

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



Operating System and Release Information

Product FamilyProductSystemProduct ReleaseSAS Release
ReportedFixed*ReportedFixed*
SAS SystemBase SASz/OS9.4_M59.4_M79.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M7
z/OS 64-bit9.4_M59.4_M79.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M7
Microsoft® Windows® for x649.4_M59.4_M79.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M7
Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit9.4_M59.4_M79.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M7
Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x649.4_M59.4_M79.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M7
Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit9.4_M59.4_M79.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M7
Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x649.4_M59.4_M79.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M7
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit9.4_M59.4_M79.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M7
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x649.4_M59.4_M79.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M7
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit9.4_M59.4_M79.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M7
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x649.4_M59.4_M79.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M7
Microsoft Windows 109.4_M59.4_M79.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M7
Microsoft Windows Server 20089.4_M59.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R29.4_M59.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x649.4_M59.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter9.4_M59.4_M79.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M7
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter9.4_M59.4_M79.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M7
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std9.4_M59.4_M79.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M7
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std9.4_M59.4_M79.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M7
Microsoft Windows Server 20169.4_M59.4_M79.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M7
Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit9.4_M59.4_M79.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M7
Windows 7 Enterprise x649.4_M59.4_M79.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M7
Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit9.4_M59.4_M79.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M7
Windows 7 Home Premium x649.4_M59.4_M79.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M7
Windows 7 Professional 32 bit9.4_M59.4_M79.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M7
Windows 7 Professional x649.4_M59.4_M79.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M7
Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit9.4_M59.4_M79.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M7
Windows 7 Ultimate x649.4_M59.4_M79.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M7
64-bit Enabled AIX9.4_M59.4_M79.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M7
64-bit Enabled Solaris9.4_M59.4_M79.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M7
HP-UX IPF9.4_M59.4_M79.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M7
Linux for x649.4_M59.4_M79.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M7
Solaris for x649.4_M59.4_M79.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M7
* 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.