9.7. Summary

  1. The objective of the debugging process is to identify, classify, fix, and verify a problem in a PROC SQL step, program, or application as quickly and easily as possible (see section 9.3).

  2. Usage errors can cause the SAS System to stop processing, produce warnings, or produce unexpected results (see section 9.4).

  3. PROC SQL provides numerous troubleshooting and debugging capabilities for the practitioner (see section 9.5).

  4. PROC SQL options provide effective troubleshooting and debugging techniques for resolving coding problems (see section 9.5.2).

  5. Several useful undocumented PROC SQL options are available for troubleshooting and debugging (see section 9.6).

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