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Problem Note 44039: Memory allocation and SURFACE_VALUE errors occur when running a project in SAS® Risk Dimensions®
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When you run a project in SAS Risk Dimensions, you might encounter error messages like the following in the SAS log:
ERROR: The application cannot allocate XXXX bytes of memory for "add elements to a list".
ERROR: Error reported in function 'SURFACE_VALUE'.
ERROR: Error occurred calling function 'SURFACE_VALUE' from PRICE method 'method-name'.
ERROR: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of insufficient memory.
Consequently, the analysis project fails to complete.
These errors are the result of a memory allocation problem within the SURFACE_VALUE function. They are known to occur in risk environments that make many calls to this function.
To circumvent this problem, reduce the number of calls to the SURFACE_VALUE function. Alternatively, replace the calls to the SURFACE_VALUE function with a user-defined approach to define an interpolation scheme to infer the values on a risk factor surface.
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 | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS Risk Dimensions Enterprise Edition | Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 5.3_M1 | 5.31 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 5.3_M1 | 5.31 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 5.3_M1 | 5.31 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 5.3_M1 | 5.31 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 5.3_M1 | 5.31 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 5.3_M1 | 5.31 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 5.3_M1 | 5.31 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 5.3_M1 | 5.31 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 5.3_M1 | 5.31 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 5.3_M1 | 5.31 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 5.3_M1 | 5.31 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 5.3_M1 | 5.31 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 5.3_M1 | 5.31 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 5.3_M1 | 5.31 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 5.3_M1 | 5.31 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 5.3_M1 | 5.31 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows Vista | 5.3_M1 | 5.31 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows Vista for x64 | 5.3_M1 | 5.31 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 5.3_M1 | 5.31 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 5.3_M1 | 5.31 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 5.3_M1 | 5.31 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 5.3_M1 | 5.31 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Linux | 5.3_M1 | 5.31 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 5.3_M1 | 5.31 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 5.3_M1 | 5.31 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||