Date:         Wed, 4 Jan 2006 16:40:46 -0500
Reply-To:     Mike Rhoads <RHOADSM1@WESTAT.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Mike Rhoads <RHOADSM1@WESTAT.COM>
Subject:      Global macro variables in autoexec (WAS proc sql options in
              autoexec.sas ?)
Comments: To: RJF2@CDC.GOV
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Macro Maven Ron Fehd writes (in part):

  you do not want to put a global macro variable
  in your autoexec.
  someone will erase==SymDel it
  or your code will not have access to the autoexec, etc.

Interesting point.  I can certainly appreciate both of these as being
theoretical possibilities.  However, I have never had particular
problems with this technique, which I have been using for many years.

Are there any good alternate strategies that provide similar
functionality and are relatively easy to use, without having this
potential drawback?

Mike Rhoads
Westat
RhoadsM1@Westat.com