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JohnSAScom
Quartz | Level 8

Hi,

 

I submit this code:

 

%let servname=L23456789;

options comamid=tcp;

signon &servname.;

 

and get this error:

 

ERROR: Remote session ID exceeds maximum length of 8; please respecify or use a macro variable

       for longer values.

 

But I used a macro variable.

 

Thanks,

John

2 REPLIES 2
Kurt_Bremser
Super User

Put the servername in a macro variable, and use that in the signon statement:

%let serv=servername.domain.com;
signon serv;

Note that no ampersand is used in the signon statement.

SASKiwi
PROC Star

Try this. No ampersand is needed when referencing the servname macro variable.

 

%let servname=L23456789;
options comamid=tcp remote = servname;
signon;

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