SAS ODBC Driver User's Guide and Programmer's Reference

What Software Do I Need?

The SAS ODBC driver included with Version 8 (and Version 7) runs under 32-bit Windows (Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT).

Other software requirements depend on your hardware configuration and on the data source(s) that you want to access, as shown in Software Requirements. The 16-bit version (shipped with Releases 6.10, 6.11 and 6.12 of the SAS System) is downloadable from the SAS Web site and runs under Windows 3.1, 32s, and Windows for Workgroups.

Software Requirements
Data Source(s) Configuration Requirements

local SAS data only Stand-alone PC Base SAS*

local SAS data and local DBMS data Stand-alone PC Base SAS*

SAS/ACCESS interface for each DBMS

remote SAS data PC on a network On PC:

SAS ODBC driver***

TCP/IP**
On remote host:

Base SAS

SAS/SHARE

SAS/SHARE*NET

TCP/IP**

remote SAS data and remote DBMS data PC on a network On PC:

SAS ODBC driver***

TCP/IP**
On remote host:

Base SAS

SAS/SHARE

SAS/SHARE*NET

SAS/ACCESS interface for each
DBMS

TCP/IP**

* For local data access, base SAS software includes the SAS ODBC driver, but you install the driver separately.
**Requires a version of TCP/IP that supports the Microsoft Windows socket ("winsock") API.
***For remote data access, the SAS ODBC driver is included with SAS/SHARE*NET. You install the driver on your client PCs, and you use the SAS SETINIT to enable SAS/SHARE*NET on the remote host.

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