Problem Note 37059: ERROR: "Read access violation in task [ DATASTEP ]" might occur when running SAS® 9.2 on Microsoft Windows x64 and 64-bit Itanium-based systems
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It is possible to receive the following error when running SAS 9.2 on Microsoft Windows x64 or 64-bit Itanium-based systems:
ERROR: Read Access Violation In Task [ DATASTEP ]
The problem has to do with internal initialization and memory allocation.
A possible workaround is to install the 32-bit version of SAS to run on the 64-bit operating system.
Select the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.21 is available. However, if you install SAS Maintenance after applying this hot fix, files delivered in the hot fix will not receive the proper Maintenance update. Please contact SAS Technical Support at the link shown below for information on accessing the hot fix.
http://support.sas.com/techsup/contact/index.htmlA fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.21_M1 is available at:
http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/A50.html#37059A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.21_M3 is available at:
http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/B25.html#37059| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Topic: | SAS Reference ==> DATA Step |
| Date Modified: | 2009-11-20 09:08:41 |
| Date Created: | 2009-09-02 10:35:16 |