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rpanicker · Beginner Joined: 11 May 2007 Posts: 2 Topics: 1

Hi All,

We are currently upgrading the SAS version in our shop to Version 8. As per the information I have, SAS version 8 cannot update SAS database 5. And so we need to copy it to version 6 first and then copy to version 8.

Is there a way to find out the version of a SAS database/library?
I am unable to browse it as it is not of a valid blocksize.
I don't want to do a PROC COPY as I am not sure whether it converts it to version6.

What I have done is copy it using IEBGENER into a volume I can access. Will IEBGENER have any affect on SAS version 5 database if I copy it?
I browse the database to check the version.
Is there any other way of checking the version of the database.

Any information is appreciated.

dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 1:04 pm Post subject:

why don't you talk with the sas people?
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expat · Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 7:13 am Post subject:

Just off the top of my head, but doesn't PROC OPTIONS show the current level ?

Will try to take another look tomorrow when I'm back in the office.

As you have said UPDATE rather than READ, why not try doing a PROC COPY or even just a READ V5/ WRITE V8 and see what happens.
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rpanicker · Beginner Joined: 11 May 2007 Posts: 2 Topics: 1

Thanks for the replies.

The issue is we are testing these in test and am not sure if the issues is with access or with the SAS version. We were able to detect some libraries where we got an error which said that version 8 is unable to update the dataset.

expat · Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 11:48 am Post subject:

If you can not update the dataset then you will need SAS to read the V5 data and write it into V8 format.
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