Date:         Fri, 18 Oct 2002 15:44:18 +0200
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From:         Ace <b.rogers@VIRGIN.NET>
Subject:      Re: PC SAS: Updated, but not for batch mode runs?
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On Fri, 18 Oct 2002 08:33:25 -0400,  "Jim" <jlinck@uga.edu.nospam>
wrote:

>PC SAS 8.2 on Win2k.  When I run SAS interactively, I have no problem.
>However, when I run it in batch mode (right click, "Batch Submit"), I have
>some problems.  Here is one example.  The following command:
>  proc print data=cstat.ERCControlVars_Qtr(obs=50);
>  where GVKEY in (9771) and YEAR ge 1985 and YEAR le 1991;
>  var GVKEY PERMNO year qtr PRICE MB LTD;
>run;
>
>returns an error in batch mode saying the where command can't go with obs
>option.  In interactive mode, it works just fine.  What I wonder about is if
>some batch mode stuff didn't get properly upgraded.  That is, one more thing
>has happened.  In batch mode, I get warning messages in my code saying
>"product associated with PRINT command expires in 30 days."  Note that I
>just updated my license for another year and I do not get this message in
>interactive mode.  Any ideas?

You've got two separate SAS installations. Either rationalise this (by
removing one copy and ensuring your batch and interactive startups
point to the same place) or run the setinit.sas in batch on that
version too.

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