Problem Note 708: SAS data libraries created with Release 6.06 not readable in Version 8.1
SAS data libraries created with Release 6.06 of the SAS System cannot
be read directly by Version 8.0.
The data set must be converted to a Release 6.07 (or later) format
with Version 6, and then the data set can be read with Version 8.0.
Attempting to read a 6.06 format data set in Version 8.0 generates the
following error message in the SAS Log:
ERROR: File LIBREF.DSN.DATA is a 6.06 file format and not
supported by this release.
This problem has been corrected in Release 8.1 TSLEVEL 1M0. In Release
8.1, PROC COPY, PROC CONTENTS, and PROC COMPARE can all read a 6.06
format data set.
SAS recommends you convert your 6.06 format data sets to a later
format. You can use PROC COPY in Release 8.1 to convert your 6.06
format data sets. If you have a need to maintain the DATE CREATED and
DATE MODIFIED dates in your original 6.06 format data set, you can use
the DATECOPY option on PROC COPY. The DATECOPY option preserves the
DATE CREATED and DATE MODIFIED fields reported by PROC CONTENTS in the
output date sets produced by PROC COPY.
Please see SAS Note 16410 for SAS 8.2.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Reported Release | Fixed Release* |
| SAS System | Base SAS | OpenVMS VAX | 8 TS M0 | 8.1 TS1M0 |
| CMS | 8 TS M0 | 8.1 TS1M0 |
| z/OS | 8 TS M0 | 8.1 TS1M0 |
*
For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed
Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be
fixed.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Date Modified: | 2005-11-03 13:03:15 |
| Date Created: | 1999-04-16 00:00:00 |
