how to turn off SAS error checking

[Robert]

I have a long program that runs each night in batch mode and last night it encountered an error part way through the program. This is a portion of the log that shows the DATA step that generated the error. The problem is that SAS automatically set OBS=0 after it encountered the error and didn't execute any of the subsequent steps. How can I turn off this behavior so that it continues to execute the rest of the program? I checked the ERRORCHECK SAS system option and it's set to "NORMAL". The program is running on a Windows PC with SAS ver 9.4 TS1M6.

Thanks,

Robert Matthews

1862 data tabu.fit_pros ;
1863 set fit_pros_190711 ;
1864 run;

ERROR: A lock is not available for TABU.FIT_PROS.DATA.
NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.
NOTE: Due to ERROR(s) above, SAS set option OBS=0, enabling syntax check mode.
This prevents execution of subsequent data modification statements.
WARNING: The data set TABU.FIT_PROS was only partially opened and will not be saved.
NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time):
real time 0.10 seconds
cpu time 0.01 seconds

[Creeback · Accepted solution]

Try:

options noerrorbyabend;

[koyelghosh]

Do you have similar problem as described here (https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Ways-to-overcome-the-ERROR-A-lock-is-not-availab...)?