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Problem Note 10527: PROC SUMMARY/MEANS produce incorrect results if HEX format used on CLASS variable

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PROC SUMMARY/MEANS will produce incorrect results when one or more CLASS
variables are formatted to the HEX format with a width less than 16.

This occurs with the default SAS system option or if the PROC statement
option is set to THREADS. In order to circumvent this problem, set the
SAS system option or PROC statement option to NOTHREADS.

   OPTIONS NOTHREADS;

or

   PROC SUMMARY DATA=DSN NOTHREADS;



A SAS 9.0 update for this issue is available for OS/390.  Download and
install the "Threaded HEXw. Format Update" located at:

http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/90_updates.html#010527


Operating System and Release Information

Product FamilyProductSystemSAS Release
ReportedFixed*
SAS SystemBase SASSolaris9 TS M09.1 TS1M0
64-bit Enabled AIX9 TS M09.1 TS1M0
z/OS9 TS M09.1 TS1M0
HP-UX IPF9 TS M09.1 TS1M0
64-bit Enabled Solaris9 TS M09.1 TS1M0
AIX9 TS M09.1 TS1M0
* 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.