SAS/CONNECT User's Guide

Introduction

There are no limitations on migrating from SAS/CONNECT Version 7 to Version 8 because they are virtually identical.

When migrating from Version 6 of SAS to Version 7 or Version 8, most organizations will find a seamless transition when converting their Version 6 data and applications to Version 7 or Version 8. However, many organizations may find it necessary to operate in a mixed-version environment during transition. This environment includes a mixture of local or remote hosts running a Version 6, Version 7, or Version 8 SAS session. SAS/CONNECT provides access to data and to applications that are on different platforms running different SAS versions in your organization. Here is what you can expect as you access data and move applications between Version 6 and Version 7 or Version 8.

A local Version 7 or Version 8 session has the following access to Version 6 data:

A Version 7 or Version 8 session can read Version 6 data files.
A Version 7 or Version 8 session can update and write to Version 6 data files with one exception - Version 7 or Version 8 features cannot be written to Version 6 data files.
A Version 7 or Version 8 session has read-only access for all other Version 6 member types (only SAS/CONNECT provides the ability to transfer files of other member types to Version 6).

Information in this section relates to SAS/CONNECT cross-version issues only. See SAS Language Reference: Concepts for Version 6 to Version 7 or Version 8 information that relates to single-user SAS mode, and see the SAS/SHARE User's Guide for information that relates to SAS/SHARE software.

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