DSNFERR

DSNFERR

Controls how SAS responds when a SAS data set is not found

Valid in: configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, Systems Options window

Category: Environment control: Error handling

PROC OPTIONS GROUP= ERRORHANDLING

Syntax
Syntax Description
Comparisons
See Also

Syntax

DSNFERR | NODSNFERR

Syntax Description

DSNFERR: specifies that SAS issue an error message and stop processing if a reference is made to a SAS data set that does not exist.
NODSNFERR: specifies that SAS ignore the error message and continue processing if a reference is made to a SAS data set that does not exist. The data set reference is treated as if _NULL_ had been specified.

Comparisons

DSNFERR is similar to the BYERR system option, which issues an error message and stops processing if the SORT procedure attempts to sort a _NULL_ data set.
DSNFERR is similar to the VNFERR system option, which sets the error flag for a missing variable when a _NULL_ data set is used.

See Also

System Options:

BYERR

VNFERR

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Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, Systems Options window
Category:	Environment control: Error handling
PROC OPTIONS GROUP=	ERRORHANDLING