I think that this problem is due in fact to the proxy.

yom

2009/2/16 yom <yomsas@gmail.com>

> Dear All, > > Please have a look on this code : > > filename in url " > http://finance.yahoo.com:80/d/quotes.txt?s=YHOO+IBM+HPQ&f=sl1d1t1c1ohg<http://finance.yahoo.com/d/quotes.txt?s=YHOO+IBM+HPQ&f=sl1d1t1c1ohg>v&e=.txt)"; > data test; > infile in dsd end=eof termstr=crlf; > input Ticker : $4. Price TradeDate : $10. TradeTime: $7. Change Open Hi Lo > Volume; > options nodate nonumber nocenter ls=70; > run; > > This code stems from : http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/sugi28/073-28.pdf > > When running it, I have the following error : "ERROR: HOSTNAME > finance.yahoo.com NOT FOUND." > > For information, I use sas 9.1.3 pack 4. > > This problem is referenced by SAS at : > http://support.sas.com/kb/34/098.html, but version 9.2 is required. > > It would be nice if you could test this code and specify your > SAS version. I do not see how to avoid this problem. > > > Thank you very much in advance ! > > yom > > > >