Cross-Architecture Access

Identical Architectural Groups

Overview of Identical Data Representation Groups

The following sections contain lists of cross-version architecture groups for SAS 8 and SAS 9.2. These architectural groups are valid only for access between the following:

a SAS 8 client (or server) and a SAS 9.2 server (or client)
a SAS 8 client and a SAS 8 server.

The lists are grouped on the basis of identical data representation. No data translation is required in communications between any two operating environments in the same group. When two operating environments that are not in the same group communicate, translation of at least one data type is required, and restrictions and limitations are applied.

Note: For backward compatibility, the following lists include architectures and operating environments that were supported in earlier versions of SAS but are not supported in SAS 9 and later. [cautionend]