Installation Instructions: SAS Drivers for JDBC and SAS/CONNECT

Installing the SAS Drivers for JDBC and SAS/CONNECT

To install the SAS Drivers for JDBC and SAS/CONNECT:

· If you are installing on the following platforms, download and unpack the .tar file. Run the unpacked installation program to complete the installation.

o Windows

o Windows IPF 64-bit

o 64-bit Enabled Solaris

o 64-bit Enabled AIX

o HP-UX IPF

o 64-bit Enabled HP-UX

o Linux

o Linux on Itanium

· If you are installing on the following platform, download the jdbcdrivers_tru64.tar file and extract the files to the target directory.

o Tru64 UNIX (for example “tar –xvf jdbcdrivers_tru64.tar SAS/9.1/jdbcdrivers”)

Installable Components

SAS Integration Technologies IOM Driver for JDBC

This component provides JDBC access to SAS data through a SAS Integration Technologies IOM Server. The SAS Integration Technologies IOM Server must be installed on a machine accessible by the client. This installs the files sas.core.jar sas.svc.connection.jar

SAS/SHARE Driver for JDBC

This component provides JDBC access to SAS data through a SAS/SHARE Server. The SAS/SHARE Server, version 6 or later, must be installed on a machine accessible by the client. This installs the files sas.core.jar sas.intrnet.javatools.jar

SAS/CONNECT Driver for Java

This component allows you to access SAS from Java through SAS/CONNECT. You must have a SAS/IntrNet software license and SAS/CONNECT software. This installs the files sas.core.jarsas.intrnet.javatools.jar

Tunnel Feature

This component allows you to control Java applet access to your SAS software. You must have access to a SAS/SHARE or SAS/CONNECT server.

Documentation

This component installs the documentation for the SAS Drivers for JDBC and SAS/CONNECT.

Setting the CLASSPATH

Once the install is complete you need to set the CLASSPATH to point to the jar files installed for each component.

Using the SAS Drivers for JDBC and SAS/CONNECT

When the install is complete and the CLASSPATH has been set the drivers will be available to be used for gaining access to SAS data. The JDBC API Tutorial and Reference, Second Edition is an excellent resource for learning the JDBC API. The online JDBC Tutorial is also very good.