Re: st: Stata10 SE and do files editor

[Richard Williams <Richard.A.Williams.5@ND.edu>]

At 08:46 AM 7/26/2007, Nuno wrote:
> solve this problem. However, Stata10 exhibited a strange behavior: in a
> fresh start I could change the limit with no problem (limit 960m); however,
> after using stata for a while, and cleaned the memory from its contents when
> I tried to increase the memory from 250m to 700m the error message that the
> operating system refused to grant access to the memory was returned. I
> decreased the amount up to 500m when I stopped receiving the message. Only
> after restarting Stata (not the computer) I was able to access again the
> 960m. Did anyone else experienced this behavior?
I've found that the solution to 90% of all computer problems is to 
reboot the machine.  My guess is memory gets fragmented as you use 
different routines, limiting the size of the blocks Stata can allocate.


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