Including the _ODSSTYLESHEET option in the stored process code might cause the SAS^® Stored Process Server to stop responding if you execute a stored process from a Web browser through an application such as the Stored Process Web Application or the SAS^® Information Delivery Portal. Therefore, the _ODSSTYLESHEET option should not be used in the code for a stored process if you submit your stored process request to the SAS Stored Process Server from a Web browser.

If the _ODSSTYLESHEET option is included in your stored process code, the SAS Stored Process Server COST value permanently increases each time the stored process is executed. If you execute the stored process multiple times, the SAS Stored Process Server COST value will reach its limit and the SAS Stored Process Server will stop accepting requests.

The _ODSSTYLESHEET option might also cause the SAS Stored Process server to stop responding if the PATH option is used with an ODS HTML statement. For example:

   ods html body=_webout 
       stylesheet=(URL="http://aa.bb.com:8080/sample.css")
       path=&_tmpcat (url=&_replay) charset =′ ′;

     proc print data=sashelp.class;
     run;

   ods html close;

When running your SAS Stored Process Server on a Windows platform, you might see the following error messages in your SAS Stored Process Server's log file:

  ERROR:  Read Access Violation In Task [ DOSSCHT  ]

  ERROR: Generic critical error

  STP 26: Fileref Deassign Failure for _WEBOUT

When running your SAS Stored Process Server on a UNIX platform, you might see the following messages:

  ERROR: Generic critical error. 
  Segmentation Violation In Task [ DOSSCHT  ] 
  Fault Occurred at [/opt/SAS/SAS_9.1/sasexe/sasxkern:wzsteqn+0x84] 

  STP 2: Fileref Deassign Failure for _WEBOUT 

If you encounter this problem, the Stored Process Server's log files generally contain information about increasingly high COST values (which increase but never decrease). You might see entries in your SAS Stored Process Server log file such as the following:

    STP: Sending cost=303
    STP: Sending cost=404
    STP: Sending cost=505

Note: the _ODSSTYLESHEET option is used to specify the location of a style sheet (css file) that describes the appearance of your HTML output. This option is used with the ‰STPBEGIN and _STPEND macros.

For more information about this problem and suggestions for a solution, see SAS Note 30783.

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