Why do I get a "<td>" in my email table from ods of proc report?

[tkight]

Several of my emails created from SAS using ODS have "<TD>" inserted in what appears to be random locations in the report table.  What am I missing here?

This is snipped from the code:

ods MARKUP body=EMLOUT3 (no_top_matter no_bottom_matter)

anchor='report'

tagset=CHTML

style=styles.minimal

;

proc report data=npcp nowindows;

column STIME SYSTEM JOB SRVCLSS USID

;

define STIME       /format=time8.   'Time';

define SYSTEM      / format=$4.      'System';

define JOB         / format=$8.      'Job';

define SRVCLSS     / format=$8.      'Service Class';

define USID        / format=$8.      'User Id';

run;

ods MARKUP close;

run;

DATE: MAY...

7:15:51	CPU1	CIBFANT	NCAPAR01	ECPU1M01
7:23:59	CPU2	CITFAPS	NCAPAR01	STC22041
7:24:01	CPU2	CITPSC1	NCAPAR01	STC22041
8:29:03	CPU8	CITORDC	NCAPAR01	STC27458
8:37:11	CPU8	CITORDI	NCAPAR01	ECPU8M01
8:37:13	CPU8	CITORDM	NCAPAR01	ECPU8M01
8:39:14	CPU8	CITORDF	NCAPAR01	STC27458
8:39:15< TD>CPU8	CITORDJ	NCAPAR01	STC27458
20:08:31	CPU8	CITORDR	NCAPAR01	STC27492

[RW9]

<TD> = Table Deliniator.  The should be resolving by the interpretor as the time to move over to the next column.  Its odd that you have it just once, is there anything in the data of 8:39:15 or CPU8 which may interfere with the encoding such as special characters?

[tkight]

Not that I know of.  The data looks like the rows above.  The code is running on z/OS 1.13 & SAS 9.1 and sending email to MS Outlook 14...

[Chevell_sas · Accepted solution]

In case this is getting truncated, try adding the RS=NONE option to the ODS statement.

[Quentin]

I take it EMLOUT3 is a filename using the email access method?  You may need to add lrecl= there.

Sometimes when debugging email problems, I find it easier to write the results to a file, so that I can review the .html in a text editor.  And try opening it in a browser.  That helps determine whether PROC REPORT is generating bad html, or if good html genereated by PROC REPORT is being truncated by outlook or elsewhere in the emailing process.

I've been saved by rs=none, as Chevell suggests.