PROC CPORT and PROC CIMPORT

Disadvantages of Moving SAS Files Using PROC CPORT and PROC CIMPORT

These are the disadvantages of using PROC CPORT and PROC CIMPORT to move SAS files:

PROC CPORT and PROC CIMPORT do not support the transport of any type of view or MDDB.
PROC CPORT and PROC CIMPORT do not allow file transport from a later version to an earlier version, which is known as regressing (for example, from SAS 9 to SAS 6). PROC CPORT and PROC CIMPORT move files only from an earlier version to a later version (for example, from SAS 6 to SAS 9) or between the same versions (for example, from one SAS 9 operating environment to another SAS 9 operating environment).

However, you can move files between releases of SAS 6 (for example, from SAS 6.12 to SAS 6.08). For details about the syntax for these procedures, see PROC CPORT and PROC CIMPORT in Base SAS Procedures Guide.

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