Problem Note 42093: Using the PROC SQL BTRIM() function causes insufficient memory errors
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Using the PROC SQL BTRIM() function can result in the following error:
ERROR: PROC SQL statement aborted due to insufficient memory.
The error is due to a memory leak in the function. Depending on the amount of memory that is available on the machine, the error is more likely to occur when using tables with more than 250,000 rows.
Click the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | z/OS | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 |
| Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Windows Vista | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Windows Vista for x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Linux | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| OpenVMS on HP Integrity | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.21_M3 is available at:
http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/B25.html#42093| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Date Modified: | 2011-01-20 12:54:08 |
| Date Created: | 2011-01-14 10:22:03 |