topic MEMSIZE adjustment in Statistical Procedures

MEMSIZE adjustment

UcheOkoro — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 20:43:08 GMT

Please, I need held increasing the MEMSIZE.

I got the error message "ERROR: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of insufficient memory."

I do not know the right code to use for the adjustment.

I sincerely appreciate some assistance.

Thank you.

Re: MEMSIZE adjustment

SASKiwi — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 20:59:53 GMT

MEMSIZE is a SAS start up option. Usually it is added to the sasv9_usermods.cfg file. The location of this file depends on whether you use SAS installed on your PC (local SAS server) or use a remote SAS server - a SAS administrator normally handles this.

Re: MEMSIZE adjustment

UcheOkoro — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 21:01:07 GMT

Thank you for this information

Re: MEMSIZE adjustment

FreelanceReinh — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 21:26:38 GMT

Hello @UcheOkoro,

Glad to see that SASKiwi's reply answered your question. Then it would be fair and help later readers if you marked his helpful post as the accepted solution, not your own "thank you" post. Could you please change that? It's very easy: Select his post as the solution after clicking "Not the Solution" in the option menu (see icon below) of the current solution.

As to your question: For my (locally installed) Windows SAS I have specified

-MEMSIZE MAX

in the shortcut properties (tab "Shortcut", field "Target") of the SAS icon that I use to start a SAS session. So I wouldn't need to modify a configuration file to change the value of this system option.

Re: MEMSIZE adjustment

UcheOkoro — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 21:31:01 GMT

It was done in error and I did not know how to fix it.

Thank you for the assistance.