Date:         Thu, 20 Sep 2007 17:11:07 -0400
Reply-To:     "Richard A. DeVenezia" <rdevenezia@WILDBLUE.NET>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Richard A. DeVenezia" <rdevenezia@WILDBLUE.NET>
Organization: Internet News Service
Subject:      When does ERRORABEND really do ?
Comments: To: sas-l@uga.edu

Some macro code is run in either foreground (DMS) or background (BATCH).
If an error 'state' occurs, I want the FORE session to simply show an error
and continue


By what criteria does ERRORABEND truly end the session ?

I run a sas program in batch using a custom command line having
    sas.exe -errorabend -noterminal -sysin

I thought maybe an ERROR: message in the log might do it -- nope.  If it
did, I was hoping the session would end before the second %put ERROR.

-------------------
options nosource
%macro x;

%put NOTE: HI;
%put WARNING: There;
%put ERROR: Bye;
%put ERROR: Bye;

%let SYSERR = 1;

%mend;

%x
%x;

data _null_;
run;

data class;
  set sashelp.class;
run;
-------------------

Some types of real ERRORS dont either!  This code goes into error check mode
instead of abending.
-------------------
options nosource
%macro x;

%put ERROR: Bye;
%let SYSERR = 1;

%mend;

%x
%x;

data _null_;
run;

data class;
  set sashelp.class;
run;
-------------------

Finally, an ERROR in a data step does cause abend.  The final data step
never runs because sas abends due to the error of the previous data step.
-------------------
options nosource
%macro x;

%put ERROR: Bye;
%let SYSERR = 1;

%mend;

%x
%x;

data class;
  set sashelp.class;
run;

data _null_;
  set xyz;
run;

data class;
  set sashelp.class;
run;
-------------------


Richard A. DeVenezia