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- Updates for SAS 9.2 (March 2008)
See the compatibility calculator to determine whether you need to migrate your libraries to SAS 9.2. Use the PROC MIGRATE calculator to find the right example code for your migration.
- Get a Smarter COMPARE
Validation tools for the MIGRATE procedure now work with CEDA and provide additional details about catalogs, indexes, and integrity constraints.
- Start Planning
See Getting Started for the most efficient pathway through all of the SASŪ9 migration documentation.
- Coexistence
Many SAS®9 products can install side-by-side with SAS 8.2 with very good compatibility. See Peaceful Coexistence: SAS®9 and SAS 8.2 for details.
- Sample Validation SOP
See an example SOP: SAS Installation Qualification / Operational Qualification (PDF) (updated 19 May 2008) for the pharmaceutical industry.
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SAS AppDev Studio
Upgrading to SAS AppDev Studio 3.3
SAS AppDev Studio customers can upgrade directly from Version 3.2 to Version 3.3. For migration information, see the SAS AppDev Studio 3.3 Migration Guide, which is available on the SAS AppDev Studio Developer's Site. For licensing information, speak to your SAS sales representative.
Peaceful Coexistence
Some sites perform a phased migration to SAS 9. This means you install SAS 9 side-by-side with SAS 8.2 and move your applications gradually rather than all at once. Note that SAS AppDev Studio 3.3 does not support SAS 8.2. Therefore, if any of your projects and reports must continue to run against SAS 8.2, you must maintain a previous version of SAS AppDev Studio. You can install SAS AppDev Studio 3.3 side-by-side with SAS AppDev Studio 3.2.
Upgrading to SAS AppDev Studio 3.0
SAS AppDev Studio customers can upgrade from Version 2.0 to Version 3.0, which supports SAS 9.1 as well as SAS Release 8.2. For requirements and migration information, see the SAS AppDev Studio 3.0 Migration Guide, which is available on the SAS AppDev Studio Developer's Site. For licensing information, speak to your SAS sales representative.
Peaceful Coexistence
Some sites perform a phased migration to SAS 9. This means you install SAS 9 side-by-side with SAS 8.2 and move your applications gradually rather than all at once. You can convert single SAS AppDev Studio 2.0 projects and reports to 3.0 in this way. See the SAS AppDev Studio 3.0 Migration Guide for important instructions.
Meanwhile, you can continue to use the remainder of 2.0 projects and reports against a SAS 9.1 or later server; however, this practice is not supported because some sites might experience problems.
Although Version 2.0 and 3.0 projects and reports can run concurrently on an end-user machine, you cannot install SAS AppDev Studio Version 3.0 side-by-side with Version 2.0 on a developer machine.