IMSWHST= SAS System Option

Specifies whether the IMS engine should retrieve records if qualified segment search arguments are not generated to be passed to IMS.

Valid in: SAS invocation
Category: Engine
Default: IMSWHST=N
Restriction: Assigned a value that you cannot override.

Syntax

IMSWHST= N | Y

Syntax Description

N
specifies that records should be retrieved for processing regardless of whether qualified segment search arguments are passed to IMS.
Y
specifies that records should be retrieved for processing only if qualified segment search arguments are passed to IMS.