What's New in SAS/ACCESS 9.2 Interface to PC Files

SAS/ACCESS 9.2 Interface to PC Files has the following new features and enhancements:

• new and enhanced support for Import and Export Wizards and procedures

• new and enhanced support for PC Files Server

• support for new file formats

• date/time value differences between SAS and Microsoft files

• documentation enhancements to SAS/ACCESS 9.2 Interface to PC Files: Reference

z/OS is the successor to the OS/390 (formerly MVS) operating system. SAS/ACCESS 9.1 and later for z/OS is supported on both OS/390 and z/OS operating systems and, throughout this document, any reference to z/OS also applies to OS/390 unless otherwise stated.

New and enhanced PC-specific support is available for the Import and Export Wizards, PROC IMPORT, and PROC EXPORT. UNIX- and z/OS-specific information for the IMPORT and EXPORT procedures is still in Base SAS Procedures Guide.

The following support is available for PC Files Server:

• new high-level view and installation

• enhanced start-up and configuration

SAS import and export utilities support the following new file formats:

In different versions of SAS software, PROC IMPORT and the LIBNAME engine can read in date/time values from a Microsoft Access or Excel file using different formats. To change to the format that you need, you can now specify USEDATE= as either a LIBNAME option or an optional statement with PROC IMPORT.

SAS/ACCESS 9.2 Interface to PC Files: Reference was significantly reorganized and rewritten.

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