Tag: bug

SAS error "insufficient memory" on remote queries with wide rows

SAS can give the error The SAS System stopped processing this step because of insufficient memory when querying a single, wide row from a remote SQL Server. The following code fully demonstrates the problem and shows a workaround. Also, I eliminate the explanation that SAS data sets in general do not support rows this wide.

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SAS 9.4 crash with MySQL ODBC pass-through queries

SAS 9.4 (TS1M2) on X64_DS08R2 (Windows Server 2008 64-bit) always crashes with certain pass-through queries using MySQL Connector/ODBC 5.3.4. When it crashes, the SAS log shows some red messages, but SAS closes immediately. The crash is not reproduc…

SAS crash with BULKLOAD and ODBC Driver 11 for SQL Server

SAS 9.4 (TS1M2) crashes hard when using BULKLOAD=YES with the latest Microsoft ODBC Driver 11 for SQL Server. For a brief moment you may see in the SAS log ERROR: BCP initialize error: [Microsoft][ODBC Driver 11 for SQL Server]Connection is not enable…