PM49448: STATISTICS WILL CRASH/DISAPPEAR WHEN EXECUTING A MEANS COMMAND USING DEFAULT 'LIGHT' TABLE RENDERING ON WIN7 X64

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When executing a MEANS command on Windows 64-bit using the
  default 'LIGHT' table rendering, this causes the SPSS Statistics
  application to crash and disappear if a SPLIT FILE is used and
  one of the splits does not contain any valid cases.
  
  Executing the same procedure in Windows 32-bit or Mac OSx does
  not cause any problems and the command is executed correctly.
  
  Console messages:
  Unhandled exception
  Type=Segmentation error vmState=0x00000000
  Windows_ExceptionCode=c0000005 J9Generic_Signal=00000004
  ExceptionAddress=000000
  000816BCFD ContextFlags=0010001f
  Handler1=000007FFFF67D250 Handler2=000007FFFF64DE40
  

Local fix

• Setting TABLERENDER=FULL, also known as the Legacy Table
  rendering will allow this procedure to execute as expected
  without any application crashing.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * This problem is specific to a Windows x64 platform. It       *
  * affects those who generate a Means table (using the new      *
  * Light table rendering of Statistics 20) where some tables    *
  * have no information (blank cells).                           *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * When executing a MEANS command on Windows 64-bit using the   *
  * default 'LIGHT' table rendering, this causes the SPSS        *
  * Statistics application to crash and disappear if a SPLIT     *
  * FILE is used and one of the splits does not contain any      *
  * valid cases.                                                 *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  * Please download and install SPSS Statistics 20 FixPack1 to   *
  * correct this issue.                                          *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• This problem is resolved in SPSS Statistics 20 FixPack1. When
  generating a Means table where some tables are generated without
  any values (blank cells), this is now displayed within SPSS
  Statistics.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  SPSS STATISTICS

• Fixed component ID

  5725A54ST

Applicable component levels

• RK00 PSN

     UP

• RK00 PSY

     UP