Problem Note 63940: Subsetting a view in SAS® 9.4M5 (TS1M5) with a comparison operator that contains an equal sign and colon (=:) returns different results than expected
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The problem that is discussed in this note applies only to views. The behavior of the =: operator remains the same when you are using data sets.
The =: comparison operator in SAS releases earlier than SAS 9.4M5 returned values that began only with the characters listed within quotation marks. For example, the following syntax returned all values of NAME that began with the prefix “abc”.
Starting with SAS 9.4M5, however, this same syntax returns all values of NAME that begin with “a”, “ab”, and “abc”.
Click the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.
After you apply the hot fix, a new system option, SQL_PUSHTCINTOVIEW_FROM_OUTSIDE, is available. When the option is set to YES, it enables the =: comparison operator to return the same values that it does when it is used in releases earlier than SAS 9.4M5.
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_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| z/OS 64-bit | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 10 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| 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 TS1M5 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Linux for x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||