In SAS® 9.1.3, SAS/ACCESS Interface to MySQL only works with releases 
4.0.14 or  4.1.7 and higher of the MySQL client. The LIBNAME statement 
is assigned successfully, but you receive the following error message 
when you open a  table or a view: 
 
   libname my mysql database=test port=3306 server=localhost user=root 
   password=password; 
 
   ERROR:  Read Access Violation In Task [ DATASTEP ) 
   Exception occurred at (564B1EE8) 
   Task Traceback 
   Address   Frame     (DBGHELP API Version 4.0 rev 5) 
   564B1EE8  04EBF564  sasmyl:mcn_main+0xEE8 
   564C7BCE  04EBF5DC  sasiomyl:mcn_main+0x6BCE 
 
   ERROR: Generic critical error. 
 
Using the SQL Pass-Through procedure generates a similar error message. 
 
For release 4.1.7 or higher of the MySQL client, you need to set the 
SASMYL option so that SAS/ACCESS Interface to MySQL can identify your 
version of the MySQL client. You can You can set the SASMYL option 
either at the beginning of your SAS program or in ther SASV9.CFG file. 
To set the SASMYL option in your SAS program, add the following OPTIONS 
statement at the beginning of your SAS program: 
 
   options set=SASMYL MYWIN417; 
 
The SASV9.CFG file is located in the !SASROOT directory. To set the 
SASMYL option in this file, add the following line: 
 
  -set SASMYL MYWIN417 

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