topic Permanent Informat in SAS Procedures https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Permanent-Informat/m-p/61816#M17539 Hello,<BR /> My questions consists in the utility of a permanent informat in a sas data<BR /> set.<BR /> <BR /> I have defined a permanent date informat and then I updated the data set with<BR /> dates from<BR /> another data set where the same variable is in a different informat. I<BR /> expected the update to fail,<BR /> because of different informats but it actualy happenned without any problem.<BR /> <BR /> So, my question is (more a theoretical one) is: what are the advantages (if<BR /> any)<BR /> of defining a permanent informat compared to a temporary informat?<BR /> how can i use in future operations this permanent informat in my advantage?<BR /> <BR /> 10x,<BR /> Marius Mon, 09 Aug 2010 19:33:04 GMT deleted_user 2010-08-09T19:33:04Z Permanent Informat https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Permanent-Informat/m-p/61816#M17539 Hello,<BR /> My questions consists in the utility of a permanent informat in a sas data<BR /> set.<BR /> <BR /> I have defined a permanent date informat and then I updated the data set with<BR /> dates from<BR /> another data set where the same variable is in a different informat. I<BR /> expected the update to fail,<BR /> because of different informats but it actualy happenned without any problem.<BR /> <BR /> So, my question is (more a theoretical one) is: what are the advantages (if<BR /> any)<BR /> of defining a permanent informat compared to a temporary informat?<BR /> how can i use in future operations this permanent informat in my advantage?<BR /> <BR /> 10x,<BR /> Marius Mon, 09 Aug 2010 19:33:04 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Permanent-Informat/m-p/61816#M17539 deleted_user 2010-08-09T19:33:04Z Re: Permanent Informat https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Permanent-Informat/m-p/61817#M17540 Personally, the only time I have used an INFORMAT that is attached to a SAS data set is when I needed to update the data in place. Mon, 09 Aug 2010 19:42:44 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Permanent-Informat/m-p/61817#M17540 Doc_Duke 2010-08-09T19:42:44Z