Date:         Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:44:53 -0500
Reply-To:     Trish Bous <tbouSSARD@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Trish Bous <tbouSSARD@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: help using library catalog

>
>308  proc options option=fmtsearch;
>309     run;
>
>    SAS (r) Proprietary Software Release 9.1  TS1M3
>
> FMTSEARCH=(WORK LIBRARY)
>                   List of catalogs to search for formats and informats
>
>*** LIbrary is searched by default, not the problem;
>
>311  proc format;
>312     value $ORPROC '1'='ORPROC';
>NOTE: Format $ORPROC has been output.
>313     run;
>
>314  data _null_;
>315     x = 1;
>316     put x=orproc.;
>              -------
>              48
>ERROR 48-59: The format ORPROC was not found or could not be loaded.
>
>317     run;
>
>NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.
>
>
>*** but $ORPROC or LIBRARY.FORMATS.ORPROC.FORMATC does exist.
>

Exactly the problem!  $ORPROC is numberic and the library is being searched,
but I get the above error, ORPROC was not found or could not be loaded.

Is it a problem with the numeric value?

Running SAS 9.1.3 on Windows XP

Thanks

Trish