topic MEMSIZE issue in SAS Programming

MEMSIZE issue

dsmtih09 — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 16:45:13 GMT

Hi everyone, I'm having an issue with the syntax for setting MEMSIZE=MAX

Do I use: options MEMSIZE=MAX at the beginning of my program? Doesn't seem to be working.

Thanks very much.

Re: MEMSIZE issue

Reeza — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 16:50:18 GMT

I think you need to set that in your config file.

http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/hostwin/69955/HTML/default/viewer.htm#p0drw76qo0gig2n1kcoliekh605k.htm
You can set the BUFNO and MEMSIZE options in the configuration file. MEMSIZE cannot be set after SAS starts.
-BUFNO 10
-MEMSIZE 4G

This thread has more information and may help answer your next questions, how do I find the config file and change it, if I don't have admin privileges.

https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Locating-SAS-Configuration-Files/td-p/207309

Re: MEMSIZE issue

SASKiwi — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 23:45:48 GMT

You can confirm your MEMSIZE setting by running PROC OPTIONS.