Specifies whether SAS enters syntax-check mode when errors are
found in the LIBNAME, FILENAME, %INCLUDE, and LOCK
statements.
Valid in: |
configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS
statement, SAS System Options window
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Category: |
Environment control: Error handling
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PROC OPTIONS GROUP= |
ERRORHANDLING
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ERRORCHECK=NORMAL | STRICT
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NORMAL
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specifies not to place the SAS program into
syntax-check mode when an error occurs in a LIBNAME or FILENAME statement,
or in a LOCK statement in SAS/SHARE software. In addition, the program or
session does not terminate when a %INCLUDE statement fails due to a non-existent
file.
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STRICT
-
specifies to place the SAS program into
syntax-check mode when an error occurs in a LIBNAME or FILENAME statement,
or in a LOCK statement in SAS/SHARE software. If the ERRORABEND system option
is set and an error occurs in either a LIBNAME or FILENAME statement, SAS
terminates. In addition, SAS terminates when a %INCLUDE statement fails due
to a non-existent file.
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