Two almost identical models but one won't run

[alan_scott]

I have two databases (.CSV format) and models which are almost identical except for two variables. Both CSV files validate OK. One model runs OK and quickly. the other one does not show a progress bar and produces no results. The problem is, because there is no output when the model doesn't run (unlike, say, AMOS) I can't work out what the problem is. Can anyone suggest the most likely cause(s) ?

POSTSCRIPT ... Actually I found the .log file - it looks like it might be a memory problem so I will try increasing the allocation:

!ENTRY org.eclipse.ui 4 4 2009-03-16 10:12:15.144
!MESSAGE Unhandled event loop exception

!ENTRY org.eclipse.ui 4 0 2009-03-16 10:12:15.175
!MESSAGE Java heap space
!STACK 0
java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space

!ENTRY org.eclipse.ui 4 4 2009-03-16 10:12:39.206
!MESSAGE Unhandled event loop exception

!ENTRY org.eclipse.ui 4 0 2009-03-16 10:12:39.206
!MESSAGE Java heap space
!STACK 0
java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space

!ENTRY de.smartpls.platform.ui 1 42 2009-03-16 10:13:45.737
!MESSAGE Datei erfolgreich hochgeladen!<br>Name: up/Mar_15_2009_23_15_08.zip<br>Größe: 2871 Byte<br>MIME-Type: text/plain<br>

!ENTRY de.smartpls.platform.ui 1 42 2009-03-16 10:13:45.737
!MESSAGE
!SESSION 2009-03-16 11:20:07.314 -----------------------------------------------
eclipse.buildId=unknown
java.version=1.6.0_11
java.vendor=Sun Microsystems Inc.
BootLoader constants: OS=win32, ARCH=x86, WS=win32, NL=en_AU
Command-line arguments: -os win32 -ws win32 -arch x86

!ENTRY org.eclipse.core.resources 2 10035 2009-03-16 11:20:20.167
!MESSAGE A workspace crash was detected. The previous session did not exit normally.

[alan_scott]

t looks like it might be a memory problem so I will try increasing the allocation:

No, that didn't work :-(

When I delete one of the factors altogether, it runs OK. But that same factor is included in the other model without any problems. So I still don't know what is going on.

Scott

[alan_scott]

Well, it did turn out to be a memory problem after all. This time, on starting up I went straight in to SmartPLS without loading any other programs (SPSS, Word, Excel etc) and this seemed to leave enough memory available for the non-running model to run.

Plus ... I have now upgraded to 4mB RAM instead of 1mB.