topic Re: Last statement not executing in SAS Programming

Last statement not executing

GVeers — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:05:59 GMT

Hello all,

I have a bizarre little problem...whatever statement is last in my program does not execute. Or more accurately, SAS executes it but it takes far, far longer than it should to complete (I have yet to see it finish). And it's always for the last statement in my program (say, a PROC REG).

Has anyone else encountered this error?

Thank you for your time.

Re: Last statement not executing

sbb — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:01:56 GMT

Please share your code *AND* your SASLOG output (with all source code revealed).

Scott Barry
SBBWorks, Inc.

Re: Last statement not executing

Cynthia_sas — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:09:02 GMT

Hi:
Just a bit of additional troubleshooting. PROC REG (and some other procedures) have an "interactive" capability. They do not end with a RUN; as the step boundary, they end with a QUIT;

If you only have a RUN; at the bottom of your PROC REG step, you might see whether adding a

[pre]QUIT;[/pre]

makes the PROC REG finish up in a quicker manner.

cynthia

Re: Last statement not executing

GVeers — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:32:31 GMT

Bingo! That did the trick, Cynthia! Thanks a billion!