BL_DISCARDS= Data Set Option

Specifies whether and when to stop processing a job, based on the number of discarded records.

Valid in:	DATA and PROC steps (when accessing DBMS data using SAS/ACCESS software)
Default:	1000
Restriction:	This option is ignored for extraction.
Requirements:	To specify this option, you must first set BULKEXTRACT= YES or BULKLOAD=YES. Enter 0 to disable this option.
Data source:	HP Neoview
See:	BL_BADDATA_FILE= data set option, BULKEXTRACT= data set option, BULKLOAD= data set option

Syntax

BL_DISCARDS=number-of-discarded-records

Job processing stops when the number of records in the bad data file for the job reaches the specified number of discarded records.