https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/You-cannot-open-xxxxx-for-output-access/m-p/68932#M14965 The whole message is: ERROR: You cannot open xxxxx for update access with member-level control because xxxxx is in use by you in resource environment DMS Process<BR /> <BR /> What causes this and how can I fix it? I seem to get it at odd times. Usually I'm using a macro procedure to read a list of SAS members and performing some logic on each one. I can run my macro successfully for awhile and then I start getting this message. Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:40:34 GMT deleted_user 2009-09-02T15:40:34Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/You-cannot-open-xxxxx-for-output-access/m-p/68932#M14965 The whole message is: ERROR: You cannot open xxxxx for update access with member-level control because xxxxx is in use by you in resource environment DMS Process<BR /> <BR /> What causes this and how can I fix it? I seem to get it at odd times. Usually I'm using a macro procedure to read a list of SAS members and performing some logic on each one. I can run my macro successfully for awhile and then I start getting this message. Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:40:34 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/You-cannot-open-xxxxx-for-output-access/m-p/68932#M14965 deleted_user 2009-09-02T15:40:34Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/You-cannot-open-xxxxx-for-output-access/m-p/68933#M14966 Need more information...code would be nice...what platform (windows, mainframe, unix). Is xxxxx a SAS catalog, SAS library, ...? Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:55:02 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/You-cannot-open-xxxxx-for-output-access/m-p/68933#M14966 advoss 2009-09-02T20:55:02Z