Problem Note 35428: Warning messages that incorrectly produce a return code of 0 now correctly set a return code in SAS 9.2
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The following information documents warning messages that incorrectly produce a return code of 0 prior to SAS 9.2. Starting with SAS 9.2 these warnings have been changed to correctly produce a return code 4 for IBM mainframe systems and a return code 1 for UNIX systems and Windows systems. Additional warning messages new to SAS 9.2 are listing as well.
Warning messages that correctly set the return code to a 4 or a 1 (depending on the operating system) in SAS 9.2 are:
WARNING: Variable xxx has already been defined as numeric.
WARNING: Character format specified for the result of a numeric
expression.
New warning messages for SAS 9.2 of general nature that were not in 9.1.3 are:
WARNING: Multiple lengths were specified for the variable xxx by input
data set(s). This may cause truncation of data.
WARNING: Argument xxx is a numeric variable, while a character variable
must be passed to the xxx subroutine call in order for the variable
to be updated.
WARNING: Argument xxx is a character variable, while a numeric variable
must be passed to the xxx subroutine call in order for the variable
to be updated.
WARNING: A character that could not be transcoded was encountered.
New warning messages for SAS 9.2 that are specific to HASH Objects are:
WARNING: Invalid value for hash object argument tag at xxx. Assuming
the value xxx.
WARNING: Unrecognized or missing argument tag at xxx.
WARNING: Option for Hash Object constructor specified more than once at
xxx. Only the first argument for this option will be used.
WARNING: Hash Object DATASET option should be used when specifying the
DUPLICATE option.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | z/OS | 9.1 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 9.1 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | 9.1 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | 9.1 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.1 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.1 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.1 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.1 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.1 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.1 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.1 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.1 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Linux | 9.1 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| OpenVMS Alpha | 9.1 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
| Tru64 UNIX | 9.1 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS1M0 | ||
Some warning messages incorrectly produced a return code of 0 prior to SAS 9.2
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Topic: | SAS Reference ==> DATA Step Common Programming Tasks ==> Conditional Processing Common Programming Tasks ==> Iterative Processing Common Programming Tasks ==> Reading and Writing SAS Data Common Programming Tasks ==> Selecting Data Common Programming Tasks ==> Working with Character Data Common Programming Tasks |
| Date Modified: | 2012-06-28 13:06:04 |
| Date Created: | 2009-04-02 09:35:59 |