INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOT FIX B9BA07 ON OPENVMS ALPHA BEFORE DOWNLOADING: The hot fix B9BA07 addresses the issue(s) in SAS 9.1 (TS1M0) of Base SAS software on OpenVMS Alpha as documented in SAS Note(s): SN-012222 'ERROR: Floating Point Exception' occurs using SAS/ACCESS engines SN-012272 "Error: Termination due to Floating Point Exception" when using CASE statement with missing value with the Access Engine which may be reviewed at: http://support.sas.com/techsup/unotes/SN/012/012222.html http://support.sas.com/techsup/unotes/SN/012/012272.html The hot fix package downloaded is in zip format. The name of the zip file is b9ba07av.zip, and it contains the following files: * sassqlu.exe the replacement executable containing the hot fix * b9ba07av.aud a hot fix identifier file that will allow Technical Support to determine which fixes have been applied to a system * b9ba07av.txt a copy of these installation instructions; this file is installed in SAS$ROOT:[TOOLS.SUPPORT.HOTFIX] IMPORTANT NOTE(S): 1. You must have SAS 9.1 (TS1M0) installed on your system before applying this hot fix. 2. Define SAS 9.1 System logicals to your process by executing the following command file: $ @disk:[SAS91.TOOLS]SAS91.COM where disk is the device where SAS 9.1 (TS1M0) is installed. 3. If you do not have the UNZIP utility installed on your system, please download this program from the "SAS System under OpenVMS" link on this page: http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/ftp/download.html The name of the utility is UNZIPAV.EXE. Copy this file to the directory SAS$ROOT:[TOOLS.SUPPORT]. Create this directory if it is not present. Once installed, create a symbol pointing to the UNZIP utility: $ UNZIP :== "$SAS$ROOT:[TOOLS.SUPPORT]UNZIPAV.EXE" AFTER DOWNLOADING: The following instructions describe the steps for installing the files listed above. STEP 1: Create a directory named HOTFIX under SAS$ROOT:[TOOLS.SUPPORT] $ CREATE/DIR SAS$ROOT:[TOOLS.SUPPORT.HOTFIX] STEP 2: Copy the file downloaded, B9BA07AV.ZIP, to the HOTFIX directory created in STEP 1. Assuming the file was downloaded to a user's directory called disk1:[dir], execute $ COPY disk1:[dir]B9BA07AV.ZIP SAS$ROOT:[TOOLS.SUPPORT.HOTFIX] STEP 3: Change your default directory to the SAS$ROOT directory. $ SET DEFAULT SAS$ROOT:[000000] STEP 4: Extract the contents from the downloaded zip file. $ UNZIP -o "-X" "SAS$ROOT:[TOOLS.SUPPORT.HOTFIX]B9BA07AV.ZIP" The "-X" parameter must be in uppercase for this command to work properly. This completes the installation of hot fix B9BA07 on OpenVMS Alpha.