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If Hot Fix 82BB16 has been installed and PROC UNIVARIATE is executed
with the PLOTS option and you have a numeric BY variable with a
formatted length greater than 8, then the procedure will issue:

   NOTE: Formatted values of BY variable XYZ truncated to 8
         characters in side-by-side box plots.

and it will terminate with an error such as:

   ERROR:  Read Access Violation In Task ( UNIVARIATE ]

If no format has been applied to the BY variable, the default numeric
format is BEST12. so the same problem occurs.

To circumvent the problem, add a FORMAT statement in the PROC UNIVARIATE
step to apply any numeric format of length 8 or less to the BY variable.

Note:  Hot Fix 82BB16 is also included in Hot Fix Bundle 82BX04.


A Technical Support hot fix for Release 8.2 (TS2M0) for this
issue is available at:

http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/82_sbcs_prod_list.html#009299

For customers running SAS with Asian Language Support (DBCS), this
hot fix should be downloaded from:

http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/82_dbcs_prod_list.html#009299

Operating System and Release Information

A fix for Release 8.2 (TS2M0) for this issue is available at:

A fix for Release 8.2 (TS2M0) with Asian Language Support (DBCS) for this issue is available at: