To convert catalogs
to a different version of SAS, for example from Version 6 to Version
8, use the LIBNAME statement and the CATALOG procedure.
Note: You will not be able to use
your old catalogs without transporting them first.
Before using PROC CATALOG,
you must assign librefs to both catalogs and specify the Version 6
Compatibility Engine (saseb) on the input catalog LIBNAME. Then use
PROC CATALOG with a COPY statement to convert a catalog from Version
6 to Version 7 or later. For details about using the CATALOG procedure,
see the
Base SAS Procedures Guide.
For example, the following
statements can be submitted from Version 8 to assign the Version 6
Compatibility Engine and convert a catalog from Version 6 to Version
8.
libname v6lib saseb "SAS-data-library";
libname v8lib "SAS-data-library";
proc catalog catalog=v6lib.v6cat;
copy out=v8lib.v8cat;
run;