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Problem Note 70238: Using the IMPORT procedure with a comma-delimited .dbf file in SAS® 9.4M7 (TS1M7) and SAS® 9.4M8 (TS1M8) can result in a Segmentation Violation
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When SAS/ACCESS® Interface to PC Files tries to read in a .dbf file using DBMS=DBF, it expects the data to be null-delimited. However, if you format the data as comma-delimited, a Segmentation Violation error similar to the following can occur:
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 [IMPORT ]
Segmentation Violation
Segmentation Violation
Traceback of the Exception
Click the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.
After you apply the hot fix, an appropriate error message is provided, such as the following:
ERROR: COLUMN NAME value exceeds maximum length of 16 characters.
ERROR: DataSource error.
ERROR: DataSource error.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS/ACCESS Interface to PC Files | Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 10 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 11 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2022 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Linux for x64 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.4_M7 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||||