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| From | Neil Shephard <nshephard@gmail.com> |
| To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
| Subject | Re: st: memory problem |
| Date | Fri, 27 May 2011 16:03:27 +0100 |
On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 3:59 PM, Elizabeth Sheila Germana <egermana@ioe.ac.uk> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm encountering problems when I try to merge a file. > > My memory details and syntax are the following: > > memory > > set maxvar 30000 > set mem 1g > set more off > bytes > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Details of set memory usage > overhead (pointers) 2,144 0.00% > data 10,380,712 0.97% > ---------------------------- > data + overhead 10,382,856 0.97% > free 1,063,358,960 99.03% > ---------------------------- > Total allocated 1,073,741,816 100.00% > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Other memory usage > set maxvar usage 12,001,730 > set matsize usage 1,315,200 > programs, saved results, etc. 5,649,298 > --------------- > Total 18,966,228 > ------------------------------------------------------- > Grand total 1,092,708,044 > > > I think that I have enough memory however, I have tried to extend memory more than 1g but I can't. > What could be the problem? I'm going to assume that you're on M$-Windows, in which case see this FAQ... http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/win/winmemory.html ..basically switch to 64-bit Operating System and install a 64-bit version of Stata and you can allocate more RAM if you have it installed. Neil -- “Truth in science can be defined as the working hypothesis best suited to open the way to the next better one.” - Konrad Lorenz Email - nshephard@gmail.com Website - http://kimura.no-ip.org/ Photos - http://www.flickr.com/photos/slackline/ * * 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/