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Moving and Accessing SAS Files across Operating Environments

Comprehensive List of Methods for Moving and Accessing SAS Files and External Files

This table lists SAS members and external files and supported methods for moving and accessing them.

Supported Methods for Moving and Accessing SAS Member Types and External Files
SAS Members and External Files Methods for Moving SAS Files Methods for Accessing SAS Files and External Files
XPORT Engine and DATA Step XPORT Engine with PROC COPY PROC CPORT and PROC CIMPORT SAS/CONNECT CEDA (Read Only) SAS/SHARE
Library
[bull] [bull] [bull]
[bull]
Data Set [bull] [bull] [bull] [bull] [bull] [bull]
Catalog

[bull] [bull]
[bull]¹
Catalog entry

[bull] [bull]
[bull]¹
PROC SQL View


[bull] [bull] [bull]
FDB


[bull]

MDDB


[bull] [bull] [bull]
DMDB


[bull]

External third-party databases²


[bull]
[bull]

¹ Version 8 does not support cross-host access to catalog entries or catalogs in which hosts are incompatible. For a list of Version 8 compatible hosts, see Architectural Compatibility.
² SAS/CONNECT supports external text files and binary files.

SAS/CONNECT and SAS/SHARE support third-party external databases by means of the Remote SQL Pass-Through Facility. You must have a SAS/ACCESS license to access these databases. Here is a list of external files that SAS/CONNECT and SAS/SHARE support:

For complete details about relational databases, see SAS/ACCESS Software for Relational Databases: Reference. For details about nonrelational databases, see SAS/ACCESS Interface to CA-DATACOM/DB: Reference, SAS/ACCESS Interface to IMS-DL/I Software, SAS/ACCESS Interface to CA-IDMS Software: Reference, or SAS/ACCESS Interface to SYSTEM 2000 Data Management Software: Reference, as appropriate.


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