Hi, I discovered recently that if I misassigned (or failed to assign) a format library to previously formatted sas datasets that Enterprise Guide wouldn't complain at all! This is because "option nofmterr" is being set "behind the scenes". My question is, why was it thought that this was a good design decision and how do I explain to my end-users with a straight face that EG behaves exactly as Program Editor would. In this case, it certainly does not. I have already opened an issue with Tech Support and a defect has been entered. Could I add that in my over 15 years of using SAS, I have rarely used NOFMTERR and consider it one of the more dangerous options out there.
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