SAS EG Hangs while putting incorrect where condition

[VimalManavalan]

i see SAS EG hangs, when i wrongly input the statement as given below.

i missed to input the dates inside '  ',  but SAS EG shouldnt get hangs becuase of this typo reason.

does anyone faces similar issue or i'm the only guy?

[Kurt_Bremser]

Because of the single single quote, you have an "ongoing string", and SAS waits for this string to end to proceed.

Terminate the workspace server and correct the mistake.

[VimalManavalan]

What about suggesting SAS EG developers to have a validation on user inputs before executing.?? 

through that we can avoid SAS application terminate/hangs

[SASKiwi · Accepted solution]

@VimalManavalan  - I tried this in EG 7.15 and it froze too. There was no opportunity to close the workspace session. I had to use Windows Task Manager to close EG.

I also tested the same thing in EG 8.1 and it popped up a window saying I had unbalanced quotes. So this version fixes the problem.