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SAS Notes V6-AF-C942
Values set in the INIT section of the model SCL may not be saved


Values set in the INIT section of the Data Form or Data Table's model SCL entry may not be saved. This occurs if multiple columns are referenced anywhere in the model SCL and columns are updated in the INITsection. In this case, INIT will only update a column if, in the order of the variables in the data set, this column appears first in relation to the variable position of the other columns referenced in the model SCL. This is only a problem in the INIT section.

For example, in the following code fragment for model SCL using the SASUSER.CLASS data set, neither the columns AGE nor HEIGHT will be updated since the column NAME was accessed in the model SCL and it comesbefore AGE and HEIGHT in the order of the variables in the data set.

     INIT:
        age=55;
        height=55;
     return;
     MAIN:
        put name=;
     return;


Products: AF
Component: AF
Priority: ALERT
Status: Outstanding Problem
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 1996

System Release Reported Release Fixed
AIX/6000 6.12 TS020 6.12 TS045  
OpenVMS Alpha 6.12 TS020 6.12 TS045  
HP-UX Operating Systems 6.12 TS020 6.12 TS045  
IBM OS/2 6.12 TS020 6.12 TS045  
Solaris 6.12 TS020 6.12 TS045  
Windows 3.11 6.12 TS020 6.12 TS045  
Windows 95 6.12 TS020 6.12 TS045  
Windows NT 6.12 TS020 6.12 TS045  
Compaq Tru64 Unix 6.12 TS040  
Macintosh 6.12 TS040  

No Fixes Available