Date:         Tue, 2 Sep 2003 14:58:32 -0400
Reply-To:     Jerry Prarat <gerald.prarat@FIRSTMERIT.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Jerry Prarat <gerald.prarat@FIRSTMERIT.COM>
Subject:      NOERRORABEND option ON OS390 (MVS)

I am curious to know if any  MVS sites  are using the SAS default option
of  NOERRORABEND.    From what I have found so far,  all  (or almost all)
MVS sites  change this option to  ERRORABEND.
I AM ALSO TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT KIND OF SERIOUS ERRORS MIGHT BE IGNORED
WHEN  NOERRORABEND  IS IN EFFECT.
For example,  I know that when I run a batch job that writes to a disk
output file,  and the file runs out of space,   SAS will continue
processing like nothing happened  IF  NOERRORABEND  is specified.
If you know of other situations on MVS where NOERRORABEND  can cause
critical errors to go unnoticed,  please let me know.

Thanks.