SUPPORT / SAMPLES & SAS NOTES
Problem Note 48174: The error "Write Access Violation DATASTEP" occurs within a DATA step that contains a hash table
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The following Write Access Violation might occur within a DATA step containing a hash table:
ERROR: An exception has been encountered. Please contact technical support and provide them with the following traceback information: The SAS task name is [DATASTEP] ERROR: Write Access Violation DATASTEP Exception occurred at (063600DD) Task Traceback Address Frame (DBGHELP API Version 4.0 rev 5)
The cause of the problem is associated with an attempt to allocate more than 4 GB, and its occurrence is not necessarily limited to a hash table within a DATA step. The problem has occurred only on machines with 128 GB of memory or greater.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Windows Vista | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Windows Vista for x64 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Linux | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Linux for x64 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |||