Problem Note 10586: SORTSIZE=8M on OpenVMS only allocates 2M
Setting the SORTSIZE option to exactly 8M on OpenVMS allocates only 2M
of memory for sorting.
To get the full 8M, use SORTSIZE=8388609, which effectively is 8M+1.
A Technical Support hot fix for Release 8.2 (TS2M0) for this
issue is available at:
http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/82_sbcs_prod_list.html#010586
Operating System and Release Information
| SAS System | Base SAS | OpenVMS VAX | 8.2 TS2M0 | |
| OpenVMS Alpha | 8.2 TS2M0 | |
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For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed
Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be
fixed.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Topic: | Common Programming Tasks ==> Sorting Data
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| Date Modified: | 2003-09-17 10:38:37 |
| Date Created: | 2003-08-07 09:07:57 |
