Date:         Mon, 23 May 2011 10:10:09 -0500
Reply-To:     Warren Schlechte <Warren.Schlechte@TPWD.STATE.TX.US>
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From:         Warren Schlechte <Warren.Schlechte@TPWD.STATE.TX.US>
Subject:      Re: Truncation Warning in V9.2
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My two cents worth.

My suggestion is for SAS to give the user the ability to individually
suppress warnings.  So, since Toby feels that this truncation warning is
unimportant, SAS should allow him (in his code) to suppress this
specific warning.

Warren Schlechte

-----Original Message-----
From: John Hendrickx [mailto:john2.hendrickx@GMAIL.COM]
Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2011 3:39 PM
Subject: Re: Truncation Warning in V9.2

Probably the same person who thought it would be a good idea to add a
third
TOC level to proc report. Check out the ingenious code for suppressing
it
too:

http://support.sas.com/kb/31/278.html

John Hendrickx

2011/5/21 toby dunn <tobydunn@hotmail.com>

> I honestly have to wonder who the fool was that decided in SAS V9.2 to
add
> a warning when you specify a length for a character
> variable in a length statement that is shorter than the length of the
> variable in the metadata.
>
> Data One ;
> Length Name $ 7 ;
> Set SASHELP.Class ;
> Run ;
>
> Produces a warning....
>
> Who was the fool that took away the ability to change a variables
length
> without cluttering up my log with stupid warnings.
>
>
> Toby Dunn
>
>
> If you get thrown from a horse, you have to get up and get back on,
unless
> you landed on a cactus; then you have to roll around and scream in
pain.
>
> "Any idiot can face a crisis-it's day to day living that wears you
out"
> ~ Anton Chekhov
>
>
>