Date:         Thu, 5 Jun 2008 18:56:50 -0400
Reply-To:     Arthur Tabachneck <art297@NETSCAPE.NET>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Arthur Tabachneck <art297@NETSCAPE.NET>
Subject:      Re: raise an error if libname fails?
Comments: To: Jack Hamilton <jfh@STANFORDALUMNI.ORG>

Jack,

Not so non-obvious from the documentation:

%ABORT Statement
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Stops the macro that is executing along with the current DATA step, SAS
job, or SAS session.

Of course, there is also ABORT (without the percent sign) statement.

Art
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On Thu, 5 Jun 2008 09:53:11 -0700, Jack Hamilton <jfh@STANFORDALUMNI.ORG>
wrote:

>In a macro, you can use %ABORT.
>
>For some non-obvious reason, %ABORT works only within a macro.
>
>
>
>On Thu, 5 Jun 2008 08:06:26 -0700, "J&#1077;ns M&#1072;rtin
>Schl&#1072;tt&#1077;r" <KmoEfrUewEbx@SPAMMOTEL.COM> said:
>> On 5 Jun., 14:07, sa...@DATASAVANTCONSULTING.COM (Gregg Snell) wrote:
>> > Perhaps use the ABORT statement?
http://support.sas.com/onlinedoc/913/getDoc/en/lrdict.hlp/a0002302100851856
>>
>> The abort statement is only valid in a data step.
>> Of course I could construct a data step to use the abort stmt but this
>> is not very elegant.
>>
>> I have found what I need:
>> OPTIONS ERRORCHECK=STRICT
>>
>> places the SAS job into syntax-check mode when an error occurs in a
>> LIBNAME or FILENAME statement, or in a LOCK statement in SAS/SHARE
>> software. In addition, the job or session abends when a %INCLUDE
>> statement fails due to a non-existent file.
>
>
>--
>Jack Hamilton
>Sacramento, California
>jfh@alumni.stanford.org  <== Use this, not jfh@stanfordalumni.org