SAS 9.3 Guide to Software Updates

n If you specify a BY variable whose values are not sorted, SAS stops printing and
writes a message to the log.
PRINTTO procedure
Here are some important changes to SAS 9.3:
n If you use the PRINTTO procedure to write to a file or a catalog entry, you must
open the LISTING destination.
n If SAS is started in object server mode, the PRINTTO procedure does not route
log messages to the log that is specified by the ALTLOG= system option.
SAS System Options
APPEND and INSERT system options
These options can no longer be restricted by the site administrator. These options
can now be used by any user to modify the value of valid system options.
VALIDVARNAME system option
When VALIDVARNAME=V7 and the variable name is an n literal in a procedure
step, the variable name is left-justified and trailing blanks are ignored.
Deprecated Functionality
The use of TAPE drives on UNIX is no longer supported.
Documentation Changes to SAS Language
Reference: Dictionary
Starting with SAS 9.3, SAS Language Reference: Dictionary has been divided into
seven documents:
n SAS Data Set Options: Reference
n SAS Formats and Informats: Reference
n SAS Functions and CALL Routines: Reference
n SAS System Options: Reference
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