How to set memsize in SAS 9.3 on Windows 7?

Question

I am getting a memory error from sas

ERROR: Unable to allocate sufficient memory: a request for 1578243K bytes exceeded the 1408198K available. Note that the deficit amount may not be the amount of memory needed for a successful run, since it does not reflect subsequent allocations by this or other processes. ERROR: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of insufficient memory.

I right-clicked the shortcut and added -memsize 9000M onto the end of the target

It still doesn't work.

What am I doing wrong and how do I fix it? Thanks so much!

Answer 1

I think the memsize option can only be set in the configuration .cfg file.