67406 - A segmentation violation might occur when you query a SAS® view with a SELECT COUNT(*) clause

Problem Note 67406: A segmentation violation might occur when you query a SAS® view with a SELECT COUNT(*) clause

A segmentation violation can occur when the following is true:

You define a SAS view of a database management system (DBMS) table with a combination of DISTINCT, CATX, and ORDER BY functions.
You then run a query that includes a SELECT COUNT(*) clause against the SAS view.

Here is an example of the SAS view definition:

proc sql;

create view work.test as

  select  distinct (catx(" ", Make, Model)) as Make_Model from dbmslib.cars

order by Make_Model;

quit;

Here is an example of the query against the SAS view:

proc sql noprint;

   select count(*) into :_anz

   from work.test

   ;

quit;

The segmentation violation might look similar to the following:

ERROR:  An exception has been encountered.

Please contact technical support and provide them with the following traceback information:

The SAS task name is [SQL     ]

Segmentation Violation

Traceback of the Exception:

/home/sas/sas94m6/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/sas(+0x16844e) [0x7f68ffaf444e]

/home/sas/sas94m6/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/sas(+0x4ee1f) [0x7f68ff9dae1f]

/home/sas/sas94m6/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/tkmk.so(bkt_signal_handler+0x144) [0x7f68fddcdac4]

/lib64/libpthread.so.0(+0x3d36c0f790) [0x7f68ff33e790]

/home/sas/sas94m6/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/sassqlu(+0x23eff) [0x7f68c6175eff]

/home/sas/sas94m6/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/sassqlu(+0x22ac3) [0x7f68c6174ac3]

/home/sas/sas94m6/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/sassqlu(+0x2f9d8) [0x7f68c61819d8]

/home/sas/sas94m6/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/sassqlu(+0x391a1) [0x7f68c618b1a1]

/home/sas/sas94m6/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/sassqlu(sqltxt2+0x51e) [0x7f68c616711e]

/home/sas/sas94m6/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/sassqlp(+0x5089d) [0x7f68c640d89d]

/home/sas/sas94m6/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/sassqlp(sqlpsel+0xfb6) [0x7f68c640c5f6]

/home/sas/sas94m6/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/sassqlp(sqlplan+0x219) [0x7f68c63f8de9]

/home/sas/sas94m6/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/sassqlp(sqlprep+0x3ee) [0x7f68c642a89e]

/home/sas/sas94m6/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/sassqx(+0x3be91) [0x7f68c6dc4e91]

/home/sas/sas94m6/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/sassqx(sqlloop+0x417) [0x7f68c6dc4617]

/home/sas/sas94m6/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/sassql(sassql+0x362) [0x7f68c7416402]

/home/sas/sas94m6/SASFoundation/9.4/sasexe/sas(vvtentr+0x18a) [0x7f68ff9da97a]

/lib64/libpthread.so.0(+0x3d36c07a51) [0x7f68ff336a51]

/lib64/libc.so.6(clone+0x6d) [0x7f68fe9c496d]

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

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	Product Release		SAS Release
Product Family	Product	System	Reported	Fixed*	Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	Base SAS	z/OS	9.4_M6	9.4_M8	9.4 TS1M6	9.4 TS1M8
		z/OS 64-bit	9.4_M6	9.4_M8	9.4 TS1M6	9.4 TS1M8
		Microsoft® Windows® for x64	9.4_M6	9.4_M8	9.4 TS1M6	9.4 TS1M8
		Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit	9.4_M6	9.4_M8	9.4 TS1M6	9.4 TS1M8
		Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64	9.4_M6	9.4_M8	9.4 TS1M6	9.4 TS1M8
		Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit	9.4_M6	9.4_M8	9.4 TS1M6	9.4 TS1M8
		Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64	9.4_M6	9.4_M8	9.4 TS1M6	9.4 TS1M8
		Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit	9.4_M6	9.4_M8	9.4 TS1M6	9.4 TS1M8
		Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64	9.4_M6	9.4_M8	9.4 TS1M6	9.4 TS1M8
		Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit	9.4_M6	9.4_M8	9.4 TS1M6	9.4 TS1M8
		Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64	9.4_M6	9.4_M8	9.4 TS1M6	9.4 TS1M8
		Microsoft Windows 10	9.4_M6	9.4_M8	9.4 TS1M6	9.4 TS1M8
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008	9.4_M6		9.4 TS1M6
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2	9.4_M6		9.4 TS1M6
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64	9.4_M6		9.4 TS1M6
		Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter	9.4_M6	9.4_M8	9.4 TS1M6	9.4 TS1M8
		Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter	9.4_M6	9.4_M8	9.4 TS1M6	9.4 TS1M8
		Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std	9.4_M6	9.4_M8	9.4 TS1M6	9.4 TS1M8
		Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std	9.4_M6	9.4_M8	9.4 TS1M6	9.4 TS1M8
		Microsoft Windows Server 2016	9.4_M6	9.4_M8	9.4 TS1M6	9.4 TS1M8
		Microsoft Windows Server 2019	9.4_M6	9.4_M8	9.4 TS1M6	9.4 TS1M8
		Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit	9.4_M6	9.4_M8	9.4 TS1M6	9.4 TS1M8
		Windows 7 Enterprise x64	9.4_M6	9.4_M8	9.4 TS1M6	9.4 TS1M8
		Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit	9.4_M6	9.4_M8	9.4 TS1M6	9.4 TS1M8
		Windows 7 Home Premium x64	9.4_M6	9.4_M8	9.4 TS1M6	9.4 TS1M8
		Windows 7 Professional 32 bit	9.4_M6	9.4_M8	9.4 TS1M6	9.4 TS1M8
		Windows 7 Professional x64	9.4_M6	9.4_M8	9.4 TS1M6	9.4 TS1M8
		Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit	9.4_M6	9.4_M8	9.4 TS1M6	9.4 TS1M8
		Windows 7 Ultimate x64	9.4_M6	9.4_M8	9.4 TS1M6	9.4 TS1M8
		64-bit Enabled AIX	9.4_M6	9.4_M8	9.4 TS1M6	9.4 TS1M8
		64-bit Enabled Solaris	9.4_M6	9.4_M8	9.4 TS1M6	9.4 TS1M8
		HP-UX IPF	9.4_M6	9.4_M8	9.4 TS1M6	9.4 TS1M8
		Linux for x64	9.4_M6	9.4_M8	9.4 TS1M6	9.4 TS1M8
		Solaris for x64	9.4_M6	9.4_M8	9.4 TS1M6	9.4 TS1M8

* 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.

Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	high

Date Modified:	2021-03-02 09:32:27
Date Created:	2021-02-11 09:41:10

Support

Problem Note 67406: A segmentation violation might occur when you query a SAS® view with a SELECT COUNT(*) clause

Operating System and Release Information