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- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 15:07:12 EST
- Reply-To: "F.Joseph Kelley" <JKELLEY@UGA.BITNET>
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- From: "F.Joseph Kelley" <JKELLEY@UGA.BITNET>
- Subject: An answer to the GET SAS problem (VM/CMS)
- Comments: To: sas-l@UGA.BITNET, spssx-l@UGA.BITNET
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- Problem: Using (CMS) SPSS's GET SAS command to read a SAS Lib from V 6.07
- System: VM/CMS
- Versions: SPSS 4.1, SAS 6.07
-
- Hello Netters,
-
- I recently asked whether any other CMS sites/users were having problems
- using the SPSS command GET SAS with SAS Libraries created under V 6.x
- even when the V5 engine had been specified. The answer was (and I
- quote) "yes". I will add that this works in the MVS/TSO environment,
- and it works when the Library file is created with SAS V 5.18.
- I would like to thank all who responded: Melvin Klassen, Lisa Wayte,
- Bill LeBlanc, Douglas Mills, Sally Muller and Ron Fehd. Special
- thanks to Margie Gurwit.
-
- I also spoke to both SAS and SPSS Tech Support: SAS pointed out that
- the header was slightly different for a file created with Version 6,
- the "creating" (or whatever they called it) version is shown as "85.00"
- instead of "85.18". SPSS said I should use the V5SEQ seq engine, the
- Library should have a filemode of _4 (ie TEST SASV5 A4), I should have
- a tdisk available and might need to increase buffer space (SPSS pgm (150K
- - is how I tried it). None of these exactly worked, but they pointed in
- the right direction.
-
- Then Margie Gurwit sent a reply: use XEDIT to change the 85.00 to 85.18
- on that first line (col 43-47) .... it worked! Why? Who knows, it can
- wait.
-
- On a more serious note, I think there would be problems XEDITing a large
- SAS file, so you would need a program to do this.
-
- I believe SPSS V 5 (due, I believe, 1st qtr 93) will be able to handle
- SAS (portable?) files, but that is unconfirmed (anyone have any info?).
- The (SAS) SPSS engine is a big help for those of us who provide support
- to users of both packages on various platforms, as has (SPSS's) GET SAS,
- although it has been available only on IBM platforms.
- --Joe Kelley
-