SAS-L,

When a program has been remotely submitted to our Unix box from the PC/NT and it seems to be stalled we click on the "Break" button. We then select "TCP/send receive break" from the pop up menu. This terminates our connection with the remote server. It appears that this results in an abnormal shut down of SAS on the remote (Unix) server. Work libraries may not be deleted. More importantly it appears that Oracle processes that were running in conjunction with the SAS job do not terminate properly.

What is the best way to terminate a remote SAS job? How can we terminate the processing of code on the remote server without losing our connection to the remote server? How can we terminate remote processing and be assured that any processes on Oracle associated with the SAS job will terminate properly also?

Thanks for your help.

Rodney J. Presley, PhD Georgia Medical Care Foundation 57 Executive Park South, NE suite 200 Atlanta, GA 30329-2224

404-982-0411 ext. 7574 404-982-7592 fax

rpresley@gmcf.org

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