https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-to-control-the-name-of-dataset/m-p/12358#M1317 Suppose if i am going to create a dataset in a library with a name that is not matching my requirement, SAS should stop creating the dataset.<BR /> <BR /> My requirement : dsname_ddmmyy;<BR /> If the dataset is created as : dsname_mmyy,<BR /> at that time the dataset should not created. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:31:13 GMT Anns 2009-11-05T08:31:13Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-to-control-the-name-of-dataset/m-p/12358#M1317 Suppose if i am going to create a dataset in a library with a name that is not matching my requirement, SAS should stop creating the dataset.<BR /> <BR /> My requirement : dsname_ddmmyy;<BR /> If the dataset is created as : dsname_mmyy,<BR /> at that time the dataset should not created. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:31:13 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-to-control-the-name-of-dataset/m-p/12358#M1317 Anns 2009-11-05T08:31:13Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-to-control-the-name-of-dataset/m-p/12359#M1318 I'm confused...<BR /> <BR /> Please be more specific about what you are trying to do.<BR /> <BR /> Have you not control on the dataset being created?<BR /> You wish to stop the dataset creation in the middle of it?<BR /> <BR /> Cheers from Portugal.<BR /> <BR /> Daniel Santos @ <A href="http://www.cgd.pt" target="_blank">www.cgd.pt</A> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:55:53 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-to-control-the-name-of-dataset/m-p/12359#M1318 DanielSantos 2009-11-05T11:55:53Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-to-control-the-name-of-dataset/m-p/12360#M1319 Basically this is a function of your SAS application program, since it would be yours or someone else's code that performs the processing to generate the SAS file. <BR /> <BR /> Or possibly you are attempting to prevent some existing SAS file from existing, if you encounter the file during processing, for some reason?<BR /> <BR /> As Daniel has clearly pointed out, it would be quite useful to state your intention and purpose with this idea, and include how you got to this point, possibly sharing a specific experience, please?<BR /> <BR /> Scott Barry<BR /> SBBWorks, Inc. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:16:31 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-to-control-the-name-of-dataset/m-p/12360#M1319 sbb 2009-11-05T13:16:31Z