An incorrect TITLE statement correctly generates a warning message, but fails to set the return code or &SYSCC to a 4 for IBM mainframe systems or a 1 for UNIX or Windows systems prior to SAS 9.2.

For example, the following TITLE statement generates a warning message, but sets the return code to 0 prior to SAS 9.2:

   TITLE 'Title Generates Warning' Message;
   WARNING: The TITLE statement is ambiguous due to invalid options
   or unquoted text.

Another example of a TITLE statement that generates a warning message, but sets the return code to 0 prior to SAS 9.2:

   TITLE11 'Sample Title 11';
   WARNING: TITLE statement number must be between 1 and 10.  The 
   statement will be ignored.

In SAS 9.2 the TITLE statement has been fixed to correctly produce a return code 4 or 1 (depending on the operating system) for warning messages.

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	Base SAS	z/OS	9.1 TS1M3	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems	9.1 TS1M3	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition	9.1 TS1M3	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition	9.1 TS1M3	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition	9.1 TS1M3	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition	9.1 TS1M3	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition	9.1 TS1M3	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition	9.1 TS1M3	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows XP Professional	9.1 TS1M3	9.2 TS1M0
		Windows Vista	9.1 TS1M3	9.2 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled AIX	9.1 TS1M3	9.2 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled HP-UX	9.1 TS1M3	9.2 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled Solaris	9.1 TS1M3	9.2 TS1M0
		HP-UX IPF	9.1 TS1M3	9.2 TS1M0
		Linux	9.1 TS1M3	9.2 TS1M0
		OpenVMS Alpha	9.1 TS1M3	9.2 TS1M0
		Tru64 UNIX	9.1 TS1M3	9.2 TS1M0

* For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be fixed.

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Prior to SAS 9.2, an incorrect TITLE statement correctly generates a warning message, but fails to set the return code or &SYSCC to a 4 or 1 (depending on the operating system).

Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	medium
Topic:	Common Programming Tasks SAS Reference ==> Statements ==> Output Control ==> TITLE

Date Modified:	2012-06-28 13:08:04
Date Created:	2009-04-14 08:44:44