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- From: dkeber@news.weeg.uiowa.edu (David Keber)
- Subject: SASLIST output before SASLOG output r6.07; what are other sites doing?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep2.152330.7694@news.weeg.uiowa.edu>
- Keywords: SAS 5.18 6.07 MVS batch SASLIST SASLOG V5TOV6 HELP
- Reply-To: david-keber@uiowa.edu
- Organization: University of Iowa - Weeg Computing Center
- Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 15:23:30 GMT
- Lines: 57
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- Help!
- We are moving from r5.18 to r6.07 at our site, MVS batch. The
- problem is the name change of the SASLIST and SASLOG DDnames. It
- is a long standing practice at our site to order all the DDnames
- alphabetically in public procs. In r5.18 of SAS, the SASLIST DD
- name was FORTRAN unit FT12F001 and came after the SASLOG DD name
- FT11F001 (alphabetically). Consequently, in r5.18, the user would
- always get the LOG output before the LIST output. However, for
- r6.07, the user always gets the LIST output before the LOG output
- (again, because SASLIST comes before SASLOG alphabetically).
-
- This has caused a stir for our SAS Software Consultant. She
- insists that the LOG output MUST come first, for a variety of
- reasons, among them being:
-
- 1.) We don't want to shock SAS users any more than we have to
- thru the conversion from r5.18 to r6.07.
-
- 2.) If the user's program should abend on lines, they may not
- get any output at all and not know what happened to it.
-
- The first point does have its merits, but the second point I don't
- think is valid, because the user will always get a S722 or whatever
- the "estimated lines exceeded" message is on their JCL listing
- (but then again, without the LOG, they may not be able to discover
- what caused the S722 to happen in the first place).
-
- My question is, what are other sites doing about this change?
- Or, is it a non-issue at most sites? There are two ways I know
- of to work around this problem:
-
- 1.) Switch the SASLIST and SASLOG DD names in the proc.
- This is politically unfeasable, and besides, I like being
- able to count on the fact that any proc I execute will have
- its DD names in alphabetical order.
-
- 2.) Put a PRINT=SASOUT, or something that comes after SASLOG,
- in the system configuration file. This would be alright,
- except the SAS 6 documentation explicitly mentions the
- SASLIST DD name in at least one place (page 253 of the
- SAS Companion for the MVS Environment) at probably in
- other places as well. I also don't want to be too very
- different than the rest of the sites in the world! :)
-
- Which is the lesser of two evils?
-
- Are there any other solutions or options I have overlooked? I
- need some ideas, as we are soon to have a meeting to decide once
- and for all which way SAS r6.07 will go. Any help will be
- appreciated!
-
- Thank you for your attention,
- David Keber
-
- Systems Programmer, U of Iowa
- Iowa City, IA 52241 319/335-5475
- David-Keber@uiowa.edu
-