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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 | ||