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From | Sergiy Radyakin <serjradyakin@gmail.com> |
To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
Subject | Re: st: Stata memory problems with 3GB RAM |
Date | Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:37:21 -0500 |
On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 10:40 AM, Maarten buis <maartenbuis@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > --- On Mon, 29/11/10, Beatrice Crozza wrote: >> I have a problem with the memory allocation in Stata. >> >> My laptop has 3GB RAM. I set the virtual memory between >> 500m and 3GB. I use WindowsXp. >> >> When I give the command to Stata: >> set memory 800m >> I receive the error message that there isn't enough memory. >> Why Stata doesn't use the virtual memory? > > <http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/win/winmemory.html> Given that this file is hosted on the StataCorp's web site, would it be possible to extend the famous "Think of Stata's data area as the area of a rectangle" message to include a reference to the FAQ page quoted by Neil and Maarten? If for some reason it is inconvenient to modify the code, then perhaps the help file for "set mem"? Thank you, Sergiy > > Hope this helps, > Maarten > > -------------------------- > Maarten L. Buis > Institut fuer Soziologie > Universitaet Tuebingen > Wilhelmstrasse 36 > 72074 Tuebingen > Germany > > http://www.maartenbuis.nl > -------------------------- > > > > > * > * For searches and help try: > * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search > * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq > * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ > * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/