topic HELP! Coding help BASE in New SAS User

HELP! Coding help BASE

mgrzyb — Mon, 15 Apr 2019 00:15:23 GMT

Hi,

I have NEVER had this problem in my LIFE! What is wrong??

My code for a perm SAS dataset won't read. It keeps coming back saying there is no library. I have used this code all my life!

MY CODE

options linesize=132 pagesize=60 nocenter date; *center;
options pageno=1;
LIBNAME maosi 'C:\sas\a_study\maosim';
libname library2 'c:\sas\a_study\maosim';
options fmtsearch=(library2);

proc contents data=maosi.datatable; run;

It keeps putting this out in the log:

ERROR: Library MAOSI does not exist.
133 run;

Re: HELP! Coding help BASE

PaigeMiller — Mon, 15 Apr 2019 01:10:29 GMT

@mgrzyb wrote:

Hi,

I have NEVER had this problem in my LIFE! What is wrong??

My code for a perm SAS dataset won't read. It keeps coming back saying there is no library. I have used this code all my life!

MY CODE

options linesize=132 pagesize=60 nocenter date; *center;
options pageno=1;
LIBNAME maosi 'C:\sas\a_study\maosim';
libname library2 'c:\sas\a_study\maosim';
options fmtsearch=(library2);

proc contents data=maosi.datatable; run;

It keeps putting this out in the log:

ERROR: Library MAOSI does not exist.
133 run;

The folder c:\sas\a_study\maosim does not exist. Go to your WIndows Explorer and figure out what happened, did you spell the name wrong, or did the folder get moved/renamed/deleted, or whatever.

Re: HELP! Coding help BASE - Solution

mgrzyb — Mon, 15 Apr 2019 03:10:50 GMT

Oh my gosh, I made a simple mistake in where the files came from. Once I relocated the files, it worked. Thank you.

Re: HELP! Coding help BASE

ballardw — Mon, 15 Apr 2019 14:47:27 GMT

It might help to show us the LOG starting from the LIBNAME MAOSI statement.

Copy the log from that statement through the Proc contents with the error and any messages. Paste into a code box opened with the forum's {I} or "running man" icon.