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There is no support for the Version 6 engine in the 64-bit version of
SAS 8.2.  An attempt to use the V6 engine on a LIBNAME statement will
result in the error:

ERROR: The V6 engine cannot be found.
ERROR: Error in the LIBNAME statement.

This means that Version 6 SAS data sets or catalogs cannot be accessed
from 64-bit SAS Version 8.2.

The only way to get Version 6 data sets or catalogs into 64-bit SAS 8.2
is to use a 32-bit version of SAS and the V6 engine to read them.

If the 32-bit Version of SAS used to do the conversion is Version 6,
then the output must be a SAS transport file for data sets and a CPORT
file for catalogs.  These transport files and CPORT files will be
readable by 64-bit SAS.

If the 32-bit version of SAS used to do the conversion is Version 8,
then the V6 engine on a LIBNAME statement can be used to read the data
sets and the V8 engine can be used to to write them.
Furthermore, if the 32-bit version used to do the conversion is Version
8.2, then the outrep= option can be used on the LIBNAME statement and
they can be written directly in any of the native 64-bit formats
(HP_UX_64, RS_6000_AIX_64, or SOLARIS_64).

For customers who have the SAS/Share product, another alternative is to
run a share server in a 32-bit SAS session and then issue a LIBNAME
statement to that server from within a 64-bit SAS session.

Similarly for customers who have the SAS/Connect product, from within a
64-bit session, a connection can be established with a 32-bit SAS
session.  A LIBNAME statement can then be issued from the 64-bit session
using the remote engine and the 32-bit session as the remote server.
This LIBNAME using the remote engine could be used to read the Version 6
data sets or catalogs.

In all cases, it is important to note that the Version 6 data set or
catalog is being read by a 32-bit SAS session.


Beginning with SAS 9.0, read access support for the Version 6 engine
has been added for datasets.  This V6 engine does not support indexes,
views or catalogs.

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