Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:04:23 -0500
Reply-To: Mary <mlhoward@avalon.net>
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From: Mary <mlhoward@AVALON.NET>
Subject: Re: sasware ballot 2009
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Wow! I didn't know that.
HOWEVER, it is the WORST debugger I have ever used!!!! It makes you know line numbers rather than allowing you to set it in the code, does not show you what line of the code it is at, makes you enter the names of the variables as opposed to being able to point at code and right-click and add them.
OK, so I'll revise my request- bring this into the 19th century--even mainframe debug products are better than this.
-Mary
----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Loughlin-Loughlin Consulting
To: Mary
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 3:26 PM
Subject: Re: Re: sasware ballot 2009
The SAS data step does have a debug feature which allows you to do exactly
what you are talking about.
Try
data one/debug;
x=1;
y=2;
run;
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mary" <mlhoward@AVALON.NET>
To: <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 8:51 AM
Subject: Re: sasware ballot 2009
The other thing I noticed was that there were not any questions about making
the SAS display manager more user friendly for SAS developers; such as the
ability to walk through code in debug mode while watching variables and
setting breakpoints, or even having fill-in functions. These are standard
features of many developer platforms, such as PowerBuilder, Oracle's SQL
Developer, and Excel's Visual Basic, yet SAS seems far behind the curve on
these.
Who decided on the questions, anyway?
-Mary
----- Original Message -----
From: Alan Churchill
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 2:47 AM
Subject: Re: sasware ballot 2009
Personally, I think there needs to be a more strategic aspect to the
ballot.
These are a list of very tactical items whereas I want to vote on
strategic
issues. I did not see stuff such as web services support, Office 2007
support, ADO.NET support, write access from Int Tech local provider,
elimination of the need for XML mapping, etc.
The list above is my vote (but I am in left field so I doubt my vote
counts...).
Alan
Alan Churchill
Savian
www.savian.net
-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 1:32 AM
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Subject: sasware ballot 2009
http://support.sas.com/community/ballot/sasware_ballot09/ballot.html
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