I just upgraded from V8 Intercooled to V9 SE and was hoping to have
better control with datasets with a large number of variables. But,
because I moved in two directions (V8->v9 and intercooled->SE) it is
hard to be specific about the nature of my problem. My computer has
1g memory and the dataset is about 500m (if I can read it and comptess
it should end up around 250m). I can't allocate enough memory to read
the original dataset. After the hotfix I am unable to allocate as
much as before. I use WinXP and set a restore point so I was able to
rollback the system.
My solution was to break the dataset into three smaller datasets,
compress each one, and then append them.
Regardless, after spending lots of $s to upgrade to SE and about 1.5
hours on the phone with MS, I was not thrilled.
Best,
Alan
On 7/14/05, Richard Williams <[email protected]> wrote:
> At 10:06 AM 7/14/2005 -0400, Alan Neustadtl wrote:
> >I went through a lot of rigmarole with MS to get this hotfix last
> >week. It seemed to make memory management issues with Stata worse on
> >my computer (e.g. less memory available through "set mem" and
> >noticeably slower run times). Hopefully, SP3 will be somewhat better.
>
> OK, now you've got me worried, and since I'm getting a new computer with
> 4GB ram this issue suddenly has relevance to me. If I have a monster file,
> am I better off analyzing it with 8.2 if I don't need 9.0's features for
> it? I'm reluctant to install a patch if, overall, it is going to make
> things worse and/or isn't really necessary. It also seems a bit peculiar
> that MS withdrew it because it is going to be part of SP3 - I am sure there
> is all sorts of stuff that will be part of SP3 that is available as
> individual patches in the meantime. Maybe they are hiding it precisely
> because it is sub-optimal in its current form.
>
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