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Date:   Sat, 9 Aug 2008 01:29:21 -0700
Reply-To:   RolandRB <rolandberry@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:   "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:   RolandRB <rolandberry@HOTMAIL.COM>
Organization:   http://groups.google.com
Subject:   Re: Global macro var stops working
Comments:   To: sas-l@uga.edu
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On Aug 9, 4:04 am, earlin...@GMAIL.COM (Chris Sanders) wrote: > Hi, y'all, > > This is one of those "it worked until now with no changes" things. > Something -must- have changed but two hours of trying hasn't turned up > anything. > > The macro var in this isn't taking - it's coming out blank, but I swear it > worked before. Only even then I couldn't figure out how it was getting a > value into sqlfile. > > %global sqlfile; > %macro backemup; > %let dsid=%sysfunc(open(tablesnow,is)); > %syscall set(dsid); > %let nomore = %sysfunc(attrn(&dsid,NOBS)); > %do i = 1 %to &nomore; > %let rc=%sysfunc(fetchobs(&dsid,&i)); > proc sql; > create table datalib2.&sqlfile > as > select * from datalib1.&sqlfile; > %end; > %let dsid=%sysfunc(close(&dsid)); > %mend backemup; > > Any help that lets me get on with my Friday night would be greatly > appreciated! > > Chris

sqlfile might have been set somewhere else before it was declared as global.


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