On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:09:54 +0000, toby dunn <tobydunn@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:

>Howard , > >I dont think I was very clear in my post, as was evident by yours and Venkys >response. I can only find two broad category of statements Data Step and >Global.

That's just a consequence of the way the documentation is structured. You were looking at the Base SAS Language Reference, the scope of which excludes:

1. Products outside the Base Product

2. Base SAS procedures.

Okay, format and label statements arent specific to the data step >language they can also be used in some other languages.

Like WHERE, and others

>So while they are a >Data Step Statement they are also much more. So how would you classify >them?

The crux: Can they be used *between* steps? That's what makes a global.

>It seems SI classifies them as global since they reach across >languages, which seems pretty consistent to me with a global statement, >albeit even if they are hamstrung by not reaching across all languages in >the SAS sytem. > > > >Toby Dunn > > > > > >From: "Howard Schreier <hs AT dc-sug DOT org>" <nospam@HOWLES.COM> >Reply-To: "Howard Schreier <hs AT dc-sug DOT org>" <nospam@HOWLES.COM> >To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU >Subject: Re: why is this warning(error) ?????????? >Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 10:47:38 -0400 > >See http://support.sas.com/onlinedoc/913/getDoc/en/lrdict.hlp/a001225401.htm >or http://tinyurl.com/h627h > >I do not see FORMAT or LABEL in the list. > >On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 10:14:47 -0400, Venky Chakravarthy <swovcc@HOTMAIL.COM> >wrote: > > >Toby, > > > >It is listed below the GLOBAL statements. That is different from saying > >that it is a GLOBAL statement. The true GLOBALES are brought up by >clicking > >that GLOBAL STATEMENTS link. > > > >It doesn't make any sense that LABEL and FORMAT can be characterized as > >GLOBAL. They cannot independently exist like LIBNAME, FILENAME etc. They > >are DECLARATIVE statements inside a data step or a proc. > > > >Venky > > > > > > > >On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 13:11:17 +0000, toby dunn <tobydunn@HOTMAIL.COM> >wrote: > > > >>Howard , > >> > >>Go to the online docs, do a search for global statement. click on the > >first > >>hit shold be "SAS(R) 9.1.3 Language Reference: Dictionary, Fifth Edition: > >>Statements" and you will see all of the global statements. In that list > >>both format and label are there. > >> > >> > >> > >>Toby Dunn > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>From: "Howard Schreier <hs AT dc-sug DOT org>" <nospam@HOWLES.COM> > >>Reply-To: "Howard Schreier <hs AT dc-sug DOT org>" <nospam@HOWLES.COM> > >>To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU > >>Subject: Re: why is this warning(error) ?????????? > >>Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 22:27:01 -0400 > >> > >>On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 23:46:02 -0400, SAS_learner <proccontents@GMAIL.COM> > >>wrote: > >> > >> >Guys I am using SAS 8.2 version on windows xp platform , I am trying to > >do > >> >something like this and I getting this warning in the Log can some body > >> >explain me why and how to solve it > >> > > >> > proc sql ; > >> >36 create table test > >> >37 (customer char(4) , > >> >38 item char(10) , > >> >39 units num, > >> >40 unitcost num(8,2)); > >> >NOTE: Table WORK.TEST created, with 0 rows and 4 columns. > >> >41 label customer = 'Customer number ' > >> >WARNING: This SAS global statement is not supported in PROC SQL. It has > >>been > >> >ignored. > >> > >>The what's and why's and workarounds have been covered. > >> > >>I'm just surprised at the characterization of LABEL and FORMAT as *global > >>statements*, because they aren't, under my understanding of the term. >They > >>have to be used within steps which support them. > >> > >> >42 item = 'Item purchased ' > >> >43 units = '# Units purchased ' > >> >44 unitcost = 'Unit cost' > >> >45 format unitcost dollar12.2; > >> >46 quit;