Good question - I was trying to find documentation for proc setinit and its alias option and couldn't. Any clues?

Paul Choate DDS Data Extraction (916) 654-2160

-----Original Message----- From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Copeland, Laurel Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 5:01 AM To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Subject: Re: What SAS products are Licensed on a machine

Why does Proc setinit; run; *see 1 below; give a different (less detailed) listing than Proc setinit noalias; run; *see 2 below; ?

/* LOG 1 proc setinit; run;

NOTE: PROCEDURE SETINIT used: real time 0.06 seconds cpu time 0.01 seconds

Original site validation data Site name: 'VA HEALTH SVC RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT'. Site number: 38844026. Expiration: 30SEP2051. Grace Period: 62 days (ending 01DEC2051). Warning Period: 31 days (ending 01JAN2052). System birthday: 23NOV1992. Operating System: WIN . Product expiration dates: ---USERBPKGF 30SEP2051 ---SAS/STAT 30SEP2051

2 proc setinit noalias; run;

NOTE: PROCEDURE SETINIT used: real time 0.00 seconds cpu time 0.00 seconds

Original site validation data Site name: 'VA HEALTH SVC RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT'. Site number: 38844026. Expiration: 30SEP2051. Grace Period: 62 days (ending 01DEC2051). Warning Period: 31 days (ending 01JAN2052). System birthday: 23NOV1992. Operating System: WIN . Product expiration dates: ---Base Product 30SEP2051 ---SAS/STAT 30SEP2051 ---SAS/GRAPH 30SEP2051 ---SAS/FSP 30SEP2051 ---SAS/ASSIST 30SEP2051 ---SAS/CONNECT 30SEP2051 ---SAS/ACC-PC File Formats 30SEP2051 ---PRODNUM244 30SEP2051 END LOG*/

Thanks, Laurel