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Problem Note 68398: Using DATA step options for profile statistics might cause a SAS® session to fail with a Read Access Violation
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Using DATA step options for profile statistics might cause a SAS session to fail with a Read Access Violation.
For example, the following code can cause this issue:
options varinitchk=note dsoptions=profile;
The log then includes these messages:
ERROR: An exception has been encountered.
Please contact technical support and provide them with the following traceback information:
Please contact technical support and provide them with the following traceback information:
The SAS task name is [DATASTEP]
ERROR: Read Access Violation DATASTEP
Exception occurred at (DD388515)
Task Traceback
Address Frame (DBGHELP API Version 4.0 rev 5)
00007FFDDD388515 0000006B638FDB80 sasdsap:tkvercn1+0x74D5
00007FFDDD382EB8 0000006B638FE790 sasdsap:tkvercn1+0x1E78
00007FFDDD381468 0000006B638FE7F0 sasdsap:tkvercn1+0x428
00007FFE06812250 0000006B638FE7F8 sasdsa:tkvercn1+0x1210
00007FFE068622E8 0000006B638FE838 sasds:tkvercn1+0x12A8
00007FFE15D2F5A8 0000006B638FF528 sashost:Main+0x15268
00007FFE15D359CC 0000006B638FF850 sashost:Main+0x1B68C
00007FFE543A84D4 0000006B638FF858 KERNEL32:BaseThreadInitThunk+0x14
00007FFE5683E871 0000006B638FF888 ntdll:RtlUserThreadStart+0x21
ERROR: Read Access Violation DATASTEP
Exception occurred at (DD388515)
Task Traceback
Address Frame (DBGHELP API Version 4.0 rev 5)
00007FFDDD388515 0000006B638FDB80 sasdsap:tkvercn1+0x74D5
00007FFDDD382EB8 0000006B638FE790 sasdsap:tkvercn1+0x1E78
00007FFDDD381468 0000006B638FE7F0 sasdsap:tkvercn1+0x428
00007FFE06812250 0000006B638FE7F8 sasdsa:tkvercn1+0x1210
00007FFE068622E8 0000006B638FE838 sasds:tkvercn1+0x12A8
00007FFE15D2F5A8 0000006B638FF528 sashost:Main+0x15268
00007FFE15D359CC 0000006B638FF850 sashost:Main+0x1B68C
00007FFE543A84D4 0000006B638FF858 KERNEL32:BaseThreadInitThunk+0x14
00007FFE5683E871 0000006B638FF888 ntdll:RtlUserThreadStart+0x21
NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.
As a workaround, use the following syntax or comment out the DSOPTIONS= option:
options varinitchk=note dsoptions=note2err;
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 | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | z/OS | 9.4_M7 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 |
| z/OS 64-bit | 9.4_M7 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4_M7 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 9.4_M7 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4_M7 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 9.4_M7 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 10 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 9.4_M7 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 9.4_M7 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 9.4_M7 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 9.4_M7 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.4_M7 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.4_M7 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.4_M7 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.4_M7 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.4_M7 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.4_M7 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.4_M7 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||