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Problem Note 69785: A segmentation violation occurs when using SAS/ACCESS® Interface to OLE DB with 32-bit SAS® software and UTF-8 encoding
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When you use 32-bit SAS® software with UTF-8 encoding and connect to a database with SAS/ACCESS Interface to OLE DB, a segmentation violation can occur when accessing the data. You encounter this issue when using the DATASETS procedure, or reading a database table with a DATA step or the SQL procedure.
The error looks similar to the following:
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]
Exception occurred at (00420041)
Task Traceback
Address Frame (DBGHELP API Version 4.0 rev 5)
6682AA0A 065AE8B0 sasxdbi:tkvercn1+0x299D6
6689F63D 065AEAB0 sasioole:tkvercn1+0x1E609
6680E6D0 065AED44 sasxdbi:tkvercn1+0xD69C
6634462F 065AF278 sasyoio:tkvercn1+0x35FB
6623A482 065AF2AC sasdsx:tkvercn1+0x944E
Exception occurred at (00420041)
Task Traceback
Address Frame (DBGHELP API Version 4.0 rev 5)
6682AA0A 065AE8B0 sasxdbi:tkvercn1+0x299D6
6689F63D 065AEAB0 sasioole:tkvercn1+0x1E609
6680E6D0 065AED44 sasxdbi:tkvercn1+0xD69C
6634462F 065AF278 sasyoio:tkvercn1+0x35FB
6623A482 065AF2AC sasdsx:tkvercn1+0x944E
NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.
NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time):
real time 1.48 seconds
cpu time 0.04 seconds
NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time):
real time 1.48 seconds
cpu time 0.04 seconds
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Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS/ACCESS Interface to OLE DB | Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 |
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 10 | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 11 | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2022 | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.4 TS1M7 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||