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Problem Note 64572: Segmentation violations occur when SAS® uses UTF-8 session encoding and the IMAGENAME= option has a character string ending with a punctuation mark
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The IMAGENAME= option can be used to name images that are generated by an Output Delivery System (ODS) GRAPHICS statement. An ODS GRAPHICS statement can generate an error and multiple segmentation violations when the following are true:
- The SAS session encoding is UTF-8.
- The IMAGENAME= option specifies a character string that ends with a punctuation mark.
For example, executing the following statement in SAS with UTF-8 session encoding causes the error:
ods graphics / imagename = "Test'";
In addition to the error and segmentation violations, the following behavior occurs in certain applications:
- In SAS® Foundation, a dialog box appears, stating that sas.exe has stopped working. The only option is to select OK, which ends the SAS session.
- In SAS® Enterprise Guide®, the statement results in a disconnection from the server.
The expected behavior is that a warning in the SAS log states that the IMAGENAME= option or the output name contains invalid characters.
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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_M7 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 |
| z/OS 64-bit | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 10 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| 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_M7 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||