SUPPORT / SAMPLES & SAS NOTES
Problem Note 49396: Reassigning a LIBNAME accessing a DB2 database in a z/OS operating environment might result in a 0C4 abend
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An 0C4 abend might occur when you try to reassign a LIBNAME with the DB2 engine
when running the SAS® system under z/OS. The error might look similar to the following:
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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.
ERROR: System abend 0C4 occurred in module UNKNOWN function db2m_error at offset AA8706. ERROR: Traceback will be attempted... NOTE: Traceback called NOTE: Module Function Offset Line NOTE: -------- -------- ------ ---- NOTE: SASIODB2 §§744942 00025C 0 db2m_prep NOTE: SASIODB2 §§234137 000FE2 0 db2m_prep_init NOTE: SASIODB2 §§311643 000140 0 db2m_tab_exists NOTE: SASXDBI DBIEXST 00088E 0 NOTE: SASXDBI YDEXIST 000056 0 NOTE: SASYH YDFXST2 0005B4 0 NOTE: SASWUDSF DSEXIST 000470 0 NOTE: SASXFNC YFXFN 000406 0 NOTE: SASXMAC YJSYSF 001AEC 0 NOTE: SASXMAC YJOCH 002334 0 NOTE: SASXSHEL YTSCAN 00118C 0 NOTE: SASXSHEL YJDELTA 00007E 0 NOTE: SASXMAC YJLET 000DEC 0 NOTE: SASXMAC YJOCH 000C12 0 NOTE: SASXSHEL YTSCAN 00118C 0 NOTE: SASXSHEL YJDELTA 00007E 0 NOTE: SASXSHEL YJNEXT 0000C6 0 NOTE: SASXSHEL YTOKAP 0000B0 0 NOTE: SASXSHEL YTTKNX 000506 0 NOTE: SASXSHEL YALEXEC 001F96 0 NOTE: SASXSHEL YALINLN 000516 0 NOTE: SASXSHEL YALPROC 000238 0 NOTE: SASXBTCH SASXBTCH 0013B8 0
The error occurs when the reallocated memory points to a different location than that which had been previously allocated.
To work around this issue, clear the libref and then reissue the LIBNAME statement:
libname xxxx clear;
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS/ACCESS Interface to DB2 | z/OS | 8.2 TS2M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |