When running SAS interactively in the windowing environment the TITLE statement incorrectly acts as a step boundary and resets the &SYSERR value. This problem does not occur when running in batch mode.

In the following example program a warning message is produced in the first DATA step and sets &SYSERR=4. The &SYSERR value should be reset to 0 (zero) only at a step boundary. The TITLE statement should have no effect on the &SYSERR value but it is causing &SYSERR to be reset to 0.

   /*The following DATA step produces a*/         
   /*warning message and sets &SYSERR=4*/         
                                               
   data test;                                     
     x="abc";                                       
     length x $ 4;                                  
   run;                                           
                                               
   /*The %PUT displays &SYSERR value of 4*/       
                                               
   %put &syserr;                                  
                                               
   /*The TITLE statement incorrectly acts as a*/  
   /*step boundary resetting the &SYSERR value*/  
                                               
   title 'this is the title';                     
                                               
   /*The %PUT shows &SYSERR was reset to 0*/ 
                                               
   %put &syserr;  

This problem will be fixed in a future SAS release.

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	Product Release		SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*	Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	Base SAS	z/OS	9.21	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems	9.21	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition	9.21	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition	9.21	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition	9.21	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft® Windows® for x64	9.21	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition	9.21	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition	9.21	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition	9.21	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64	9.21	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008	9.21	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64	9.21	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows XP Professional	9.21	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit	9.21
		Windows 7 Home Premium x64	9.21
		Windows 7 Professional 32 bit	9.21
		Windows 7 Professional x64	9.21
		Windows Vista	9.21	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		Windows Vista for x64	9.21	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled AIX	9.21	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled HP-UX	9.21	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled Solaris	9.21	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		HP-UX IPF	9.21	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		Linux	9.21	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		Linux for x64	9.21	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		OpenVMS on HP Integrity	9.21	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		Solaris for x64	9.21	9.4		9.4 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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Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	medium
Topic:	SAS Reference ==> DATA Step SAS Reference ==> Macro SAS Reference ==> Statements ==> Output Control ==> TITLE

Date Modified:	2011-12-20 08:19:18
Date Created:	2011-10-21 14:06:22