INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOT FIX 81BA38 ON WINDOWS BEFORE DOWNLOADING: The hot fix 81BA38 addresses the issue(s) in Release 8.1 (TS1M0) of Base SAS software on Windows as documented in SAS Note(s): SN-003976 Inconsistent results returned from the PROC SQL PASS-THROUGH Facility versus the LIBNAME ACCESS ENGINE which may be reviewed at: http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/003/003976.html IMPORTANT NOTE(S): 1. You must have Release 8.1 (TS1M0) installed on your system before applying this hot fix. AFTER DOWNLOADING: The hot fix package downloaded is a self extracting executable named 81ba38wn.exe. Launching the executable will initiate the install wizard, which will guide you through the setup process. The following files will be installed: * sassqlu.dll the replacement module containing the hot fix * 81ba38wn.aud a hot fix identifier file that will allow Technical Support to determine which fixes have been applied to a system * 81ba38wn.txt a copy of these installation instructions; this file is installed in !SASROOT\core\sasinst\hotfix This completes the installation of hot fix 81BA38 on Windows.