SAS System Options

BYERR System Option

Specifies whether SAS produces errors when the SORT procedure attempts to process a _NULL_ data set.

Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, SAS System Options window
Category:	Environment control: Error handling
PROC OPTIONS GROUP=	ERRORHANDLING

Syntax
Syntax Description
Comparisons
See Also

Syntax

BYERR | NOBYERR

Syntax Description

BYERR: specifies that SAS issue an error message and stop processing if the SORT procedure attempts to sort a _NULL_ data set.
NOBYERR: specifies that SAS ignore the error message and continue processing if the SORT procedure attempts to sort a _NULL_ data.

Comparisons

The VNFERR system option sets the error flag for a missing variable when a _NULL_ data set is used. The DSNFERR system option specifies how SAS responds when a SAS data set is not found.