Date:         Tue, 7 Sep 2004 16:18:08 -0500
Reply-To:     "Dunn, Toby" <Toby.Dunn@TEA.STATE.TX.US>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Dunn, Toby" <Toby.Dunn@TEA.STATE.TX.US>
Subject:      Re: Have you seen this ERROR Message: Width specified forformat
              DATE is invalid?
Comments: To: Venky Chakravarthy <venky.chakravarthy@PFIZER.COM>
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Venky,

Its not fixed in 9.1.2:

179  data _null_;
180  a = '01nov2004'd;
181  put a=date4.;
           ------
           29
ERROR 29-185: Width specified for format DATE is invalid.

182  put a=date5.;
183  put a=date9.;
184  put a=date10.;
           -------
           29
ERROR 29-185: Width specified for format DATE is invalid.

185
186  run;


It has been my understanding from a little birdie that it is only in the
enhanced editor that you will get these SCL errors like this.  Perhaps
that is why he doesn't use the enhanced editor.

Toby Dunn

-----Original Message-----
From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of
Venky Chakravarthy
Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 4:14 PM
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Re: Have you seen this ERROR Message: Width specified forformat
DATE is invalid?

The NOTE about the SCL source line was introduced in version 7 and
apparently corrected in version 9. I believe this happens only when
using
the enhanced editor and NOT when using the regular program editor. See

http://support.sas.com/techsup/unotes/SN/004/004767.html

Venky


On Fri, 3 Sep 2004 16:46:40 -0600, Jack Hamilton
<JackHamilton@FIRSTHEALTH.COM> wrote:

>It means that you (or SAS on your behalf) attempted to specify the DATE
>format but used an invalid width.  Valid values are 5-9.
>
>=====
>1    data _null_;
>2       a = '01nov2004'd;
>NOTE: SCL source line.
>3       put a=date4.;
>              ------
>              29
>ERROR 29-185: Width specified for format DATE is invalid.
>
>4       put a=date5.;
>5       put a=date9.;
>NOTE: SCL source line.
>6       put a=date10.;
>              -------
>              29
>ERROR 29-185: Width specified for format DATE is invalid.
>
>7    run;
>=====
>
>I'd like an explanation of why "NOTE: SCL source line" is a legitimate
>message when I'm not using SCL.  Any takers?
>
>
>
>
>--
>JackHamilton@FirstHealth.com
>Manager, Technical Development
>Metrics Department, First Health
>West Sacramento, California USA
>
>>>> "Kitty Lee" <kitty_lee04@YAHOO.COM> 09/03/2004 3:37 PM >>>
>Hi,
>
>Have you seen this error message?
>
>ERROR: Width specified for format DATE is invalid.
>
>If so, please let me know what it means, thanks so much in advance.
>
>kitty
>
>
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