In SAS^® 9.4M6 (TS1M6), PROC IMPORT causes SAS to stop working in either of the following scenarios:

• You use a high value for the argument with the GUESSINGROWS= statement.
• The GUESSINGROWS=MAX option is used to read a comma-delimited file or a tab-delimited file.  

A workaround is to not use either the MAX argument or a high value for the argument in the GUESSINGROWS= statement. 

Another workaround is to use a DATA step with INFILE and INPUT statements to read a delimited file.  

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Operating System and Release Information

A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.4_M6 is available at: