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From: Gerhard Hellriegel on 25 Jan 2007 16:41
If you mean the default for userdefined formats, that is WORK.FORMATS. That
you can define like:

options fmtsearch=work;




On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 13:39:04 -0800, Nordlund, Dan (DSHS/RDA)
<NordlDJ(a)DSHS.WA.GOV> wrote:

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L(a)LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Raj
>> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 1:20 PM
>> To: SAS-L(a)LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>> Subject: How to reset fmtsearch= option to default catalog
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> How to reset the fmtsearch= option so that it searches the default
>> catalog where sas supplied formats are stored.
>> Where are they stored anyway ?
>>
>> thanks,
>> Raj
>>
>> My sas program keeps erroring out with,
>> ERROR 48-59: The format $DDMMYY was not found or could not be loaded.
>
>Raj,
>
>SAS supplied formats are always available regardless of how fmtsearch=() is
set. Try the format specification without the $, ddmmyy10.
>
>Hope this is helpful,
>
>Dan
>
>Daniel J. Nordlund
>Research and Data Analysis
>Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
>Olympia, WA 98504-5204
From: Raj on 25 Jan 2007 19:15
Thanks Guys, You are right. I was applyin wrong formats to wrong
datatype..
Here is how I resolved.

data test;
groupName='23';
b=put(input(groupname,8.),mmddyy9.);
put _all_;
run;

Thanks,



On Jan 25, 2:41 pm, gerhard.hellrie...(a)T-ONLINE.DE (Gerhard
Hellriegel) wrote:
> If you mean the default for userdefined formats, that is WORK.FORMATS. That
> you can define like:
>
> options fmtsearch=work;
>
> On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 13:39:04 -0800, Nordlund, Dan (DSHS/RDA)
>
>
>
>
>
> <Nord...(a)DSHS.WA.GOV> wrote:
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:S...(a)LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Raj
> >> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 1:20 PM
> >> To: S...(a)LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> >> Subject: How to reset fmtsearch= option to default catalog
>
> >> Hi,
>
> >> How to reset the fmtsearch= option so that it searches the default
> >> catalog where sas supplied formats are stored.
> >> Where are they stored anyway ?
>
> >> thanks,
> >> Raj
>
> >> My sas program keeps erroring out with,
> >> ERROR 48-59: The format $DDMMYY was not found or could not be loaded.
>
> >Raj,
>
> >SAS supplied formats are always available regardless of how fmtsearch=() isset. Try the format specification without the $, ddmmyy10.
>
>
>
>
>
> >Hope this is helpful,
>
> >Dan
>
> >Daniel J. Nordlund
> >Research and Data Analysis
> >Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
> >Olympia, WA 98504-5204- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text -

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