README: SAS SQL Library for C
Version 1.3 for UNIX

This package contains the SAS SQL Library for C. Documentation can be found at http://www.sas.com/software/distribution/readme/sqllib_prod.13/sasSQL.pdf.

Unpacking the Package

Complete the following steps to unpack this package.

  1. The SAS SQL Library for C package is a tar format file. If you are downloading from the SAS Institute web site it is also compressed with the UNIX compress utility. Click on the package name in the download table to download the package. Direct your browser to save the file in a directory reserved for SAS components.

  2. If necessary, use the uncompress command:
    uncompress sassql.tar.Z

  3. Unpack the package with the tar command:
    tar xf sassql.tar

You have now unpacked the SQL Library for C package. You should see a sasSQL subdirectory that contains all of the files in this package. The package contents are listed below.

Package Contents

The SAS SQL Library for C download package includes the following files:

sasSQL.a
the archive version of the SQL library

shared library file
one of the following shared versions of the SQL library:

Environment Filename
ABI+ for the Intel Architecture sasSQL.so
AIX/6000 sasSQL.o
Compaq Tru64 UNIX sasSQL.so
HP-UX sasSQL.sl
Linux Not available
SGI IRIX sasSQL.so
Solaris sasSQL.so

sasSQL.h
the main header file for the SQL library. This file includes interface structures, typedefs, function prototypes, and preprocessor symbols

sasSQLrc.h
a header file that defines preprocessor symbols for the return codes and reason codes that the SQL library functions return.

sampnv.c
sampnv.h
a working sample implementation of two user-defined functions that are used by the SQL library functions and supplied by the calling application.

readme.txt
a text file that describes the download package.

doc
the subdirectory that contains the documentation for the SQL library (in HTML). The top-level page for this document is index.html.

samples
the subdirectory that contains sample programs. A README file for the sample programs is also located in this subdirectory.