Solved: Error message when I ran the Proc iml

Shine · Posted 06-14-2014 05:43 PM

when I ran the proc iml,

the log showed the following error message:

ERROR: (execution) Unable to allocate sufficient memory. At least 0 more bytes required.

What does this suggest the possible problem?

Thank you,

Rick_SAS · Posted 06-14-2014 08:00 PM

Usually that error message indicates that PROC IML has exhausted the RAM on your computer. See

I'm a little puzzled though, because usually the message says "At least 12345678 more bytes required."

How big are the matrices you are trying to allocate? Can you include the 5-10 lines of the Log prior to the error message?

Rick_SAS · Posted 06-14-2014 08:00 PM

Usually that error message indicates that PROC IML has exhausted the RAM on your computer. See

I'm a little puzzled though, because usually the message says "At least 12345678 more bytes required."

How big are the matrices you are trying to allocate? Can you include the 5-10 lines of the Log prior to the error message?

Shine · Posted 06-14-2014 10:43 PM

TThe matrix I want to create is around 30,000 by 30,000.

i Read your suggested blog,it can not fit into a 2 gb ram, right?

what should I do then to finish this computation?

break the original data into several sub datasets?

thank you.

Rick_SAS · Posted 06-15-2014 06:09 AM

Can you say more about what you are trying to do? Maybe post your code or show a small example?

Error message when I ran the Proc iml