15672 - "Out of memory" error while executing a DATA Step MODIFY against DB2 table

Problem Note 15672: "Out of memory" error while executing a DATA Step MODIFY against DB2 table

You may receive the following error when running a DATA step MODIFY statement against a DB2 table:

ERROR: Out of memory.

This has been identified as a problem in which the SAS/ACCESS Interface to DB2 does not release memory when using the MODIFY statement.

Select the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.

Product Family	Product	System	SAS Release
Product Family	Product	System	Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	SAS/ACCESS Interface to DB2	Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition	9.1 TS1M3
		Microsoft Windows XP Professional	9.1 TS1M3
		Microsoft Windows NT Workstation	9.1 TS1M3
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition	9.1 TS1M3
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition	9.1 TS1M3
		Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems	9.1 TS1M3
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition	9.1 TS1M3
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server	9.1 TS1M3
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional	9.1 TS1M3
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Server	9.1 TS1M3
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server	9.1 TS1M3
		Linux on Itanium	9.1 TS1M3
		64-bit Enabled Solaris	9.1 TS1M3
		Linux	9.1 TS1M3
		HP-UX IPF	9.1 TS1M3
		64-bit Enabled HP-UX	9.1 TS1M3
		64-bit Enabled AIX	9.1 TS1M3

* 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.

A fix for SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3) for this issue is available at:

A fix for SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3) with Asian Language Support (DBCS) for this issue is available at :

Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	medium
Topic:	Data Management ==> Data Sources ==> External Databases ==> DB2 SAS Reference ==> LIBNAME Engines

Date Modified:	2005-07-05 10:16:46
Date Created:	2005-06-28 11:27:45