topic recovering from error conditions in batch mode in SAS Programming https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/recovering-from-error-conditions-in-batch-mode/m-p/121386#M24865 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><BR />Hi,</P><P></P><P>I'm looking for a way to execute a data step at the end of a batch program only when an error popped up which triggered an obs=0 and syntax checking condition.&nbsp; I thought there was an option for that but didn't find one.&nbsp; This happens to be in 9.1.3 on a Solaris box, but am looking for a more generic guide.</P><P></P><P>Thanks!</P><P></P><P>--Ben</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 27 Jun 2013 22:02:37 GMT BenConner 2013-06-27T22:02:37Z recovering from error conditions in batch mode https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/recovering-from-error-conditions-in-batch-mode/m-p/121386#M24865 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><BR />Hi,</P><P></P><P>I'm looking for a way to execute a data step at the end of a batch program only when an error popped up which triggered an obs=0 and syntax checking condition.&nbsp; I thought there was an option for that but didn't find one.&nbsp; This happens to be in 9.1.3 on a Solaris box, but am looking for a more generic guide.</P><P></P><P>Thanks!</P><P></P><P>--Ben</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 27 Jun 2013 22:02:37 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/recovering-from-error-conditions-in-batch-mode/m-p/121386#M24865 BenConner 2013-06-27T22:02:37Z Re: recovering from error conditions in batch mode https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/recovering-from-error-conditions-in-batch-mode/m-p/121387#M24866 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>A SAS batch job should return a return code greater than or equal to 2 if it goes into syntax check mode. You could trap this value and then kick off a second SAS program containing the code you want.</P><P></P><P>How are you running your SAS programs? A Unix script file would seem to be one option. This reference might be helpful:</P><P></P><P><A href="http://support.sas.com/techsup/technote/ts353.html">http://support.sas.com/techsup/technote/ts353.html</A></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 28 Jun 2013 02:24:13 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/recovering-from-error-conditions-in-batch-mode/m-p/121387#M24866 SASKiwi 2013-06-28T02:24:13Z Re: recovering from error conditions in batch mode https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/recovering-from-error-conditions-in-batch-mode/m-p/121388#M24867 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><A __default_attr="121019" __jive_macro_name="message" class="jive_macro jive_macro_message" href="https://communities.sas.com/"></A></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 28 Jun 2013 03:43:58 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/recovering-from-error-conditions-in-batch-mode/m-p/121388#M24867 Ksharp 2013-06-28T03:43:58Z