PROC FORMAT Error with CNTLIN

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What I was doing:

Using a SQL Server table to feed a PROC FORMAT using CNTLIN.

Error message seen:

ERROR: Cannot mix missing and nonmissing values in the same range

Cause:

START column was defined as character and END column was defined as a numeric (decimal)

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