..now there are a few new questions open for me: you say that SAS is doing anything - where do you know from, that SAS is doing anything? Do you see anything on the border of the windows? When do you issue that DM - statement? After the last step? Did you try to clear that windows WITHOUT going there? :

dm 'clear log; clear out';

What is the difference between the OUTPUT - and the RESULTS - window? I didn't know any RESULTS window up to now! You say, you see datasets to be created - also from the last step?

You should not switch between windows, while the program is still executing. Sometimes it occures, that e.g. a listing is stopped in the OUTPUT window and the program waits for F3 to continue. That F3 must be issued in the OUTPUT window, which is not possible, while it is not active. However, that might not be the problem, if your program hangs in a DATA step.

Gerhard

On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:16:19 +0530, Diwakar Sharma <Diwakar_Sharma@MCKINSEY.COM> wrote:

>Thanks for the reply Richard, > >Here is the situation > >Are you running batch or interactive ? >- wrote code in Program Window, pressed F3 (think that makes it >interactive) > >The my code that 'hangs', is it a DATA or PROC Step ? >- last step is DATA i.e. data abc.pqr; set pqr; run; > >Is it one table or many tables being copied to permanent ? >- many, but one after the other (I can see that all the tables have been >created in the destination library) > >Is it a large table (>100Mb) or small table ? >- ~200 MB > >Is it being sent to a network destination ? >- local hard disk > >On a side note once I submit dm "log;clear; output; clear;", the entire >log and output window should be cleared. But I have noted that although >the output window gets cleared, the results window is still showing links >to the results of some of the previously run procs. > >Is it possible that once the entire code has run, SAS is trying to "build" >this result window and THAT is causing it to hang ??? > >Thanks in advance. > >Best regards, >Diwakar Sharma > > > > >"Richard A. DeVenezia" <rdevenezia@wildblue.net> >03/19/2008 07:05 PM > >To ><SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> >cc >"Diwakar Sharma" <Diwakar_Sharma@MCKINSEY.COM> >Subject >Re: SAS doing its own book keeping post user code execution ??? > > > > > > >Diwakar Sharma wrote: >> Hi SAS-L, >> >> Does SAS do any sort of "internal processing / book keeping / Result >> window updation etc" once its through running the user submitted code >> ?? I am facing a situation where "my" code has run (verified as the >> last step is to transfer work data into a permanent location) and SAS >> is still doing some processing (and stops responding) > >Once you get the NOTE: lines, SAS is done with the step. >You are either hanging on an incomplete following step, or some 'hand off' >processing to the operating system has hung and the session is awaiting >some >signal back. "My" is not enough information to being telling you what >might >be happening. How about "This" code, and show it! > >Are you running batch or interactive ? >- guess interactive > >The my code that 'hangs', is it a DATA or PROC Step ? >- guess DATA > >Is it one table or many tables being copied to permanent ? >- guess one > >Is it a large table (>100Mb) or small table ? >- guess large > >Is it being sent to a network destination ? >- guess network > >-- >Richard A. DeVenezia >http://www.devenezia.com > > > > > >+=========================================================+ >This message may contain confidential and/or privileged >information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to >receive this for the addressee, you must not use, copy, >disclose or take any action based on this message or any >information herein. If you have received this message in >error, please advise the sender immediately by reply e-mail >and delete this message. Thank you for your cooperation. >+=========================================================+