EG - %abort and abort behavior

[ChrisNZ]

> is there any way to keep the datasets and log errors so that I can see what is happening and debug?

To save the log, redirect it using proc printto. Sadly SAS decided to make developers' life harder when version 9 came out, and to remove the ability for them to disable log buffering. So you need the SAS admin's help to capture SAS's last breath, otherwise the last lines might remain in the buffer and never make it to the printto file. See here. 😜  😡  Any news on that front @ChrisHemedinger ?

To save the WORK files, look at option NOWORKTERM (see how easy it is when an option exists?)

[Tom]

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@ChrisNZ wrote: Sadly SAS decided to make developers' life harder when version 9 came out, and to remove the ability for them to disable log buffering.

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Depends on how you are running SAS.  I just added this line to the sasv9.cfg file in my home directory.

-logparm 'write=immediate'

[ChrisNZ]

The vast majority of SAS users don't have access to the config file since EG is now very sadly the standard interface. An option is the only way. Why take it out when it was there? There's no valid rationale.