Will not show much info because this is a internal (undocumented) feature, there is some other info on support.sas.com regards other options and explicit stating that should be used with SAS 8 ;) .

Try this: Proc Options define value option = dsoptions internal;run;

or this Proc Options option = internal;run;

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Att: Paulo R. Herculano SAS Consultant +55-11-9226 6618 Skål Thunar!!

On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 6:50 PM, Fehd, Ronald J. (CDC/CCHIS/NCPHI) < rjf2@cdc.gov> wrote:

> > From: Marc Weinmann > > Subject: Enforcing good practices (e.g. variable declaration)? > > > > Hi All - I have a simple question I've never seen answered for SAS. > > Many programming languages have options to force strict variable > > declaration and flag accidental type-o's more quickly, such as a > > variable used in only one spot of a program. In VB you have "Option > > Explicit" or in perl there is "use strict" or "use warnings". Are > > there any comparable options for SAS programs? > > > > Thanks > > Marc > > SAS is a loosely-typed language > so I don't think you will find good consistent messages > as you expect from strongly-typed languages. > > this is why we can submit programs with char-to-numeric > and num-to-character conversions > and still get results. > > check the group of the option mentined previously: > > Proc Options define value option = dsoptions; > > Proc Options group = ???; > > and see what other options are related > > see also: > options msglevel = I; > > Ron Fehd the options maven CDC Atlanta GA USA RJF2 at cdc dot gov >