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Using SAS Engines

Engines Available under OpenVMS

The following table lists the engines that are available under OpenVMS in SAS 9.2 and tells you where to look for more information about each engine. The preferred name of each engine is listed first, followed by acceptable nicknames, if any.

SAS Engines under OpenVMS
Engine Name (Alias) Description Documentation
V9 (BASE) accesses SAS 9, SAS 9.1, and SAS 9.2 files on disk SAS Language Reference: Concepts
V9TAPE accesses Version 9 sequential-format SAS files SAS Language Reference: Concepts
V8 accesses Version 8 SAS files on disk SAS Language Reference: Concepts
V8TAPE accesses Version 8 sequential-format SAS files SAS Language Reference: Concepts
V7 accesses Version 7 SAS files on disk SAS Language Reference: Concepts
V7TAPE accesses Version 7 sequential-format SAS files SAS Language Reference: Concepts
V6 reads Version 6 SAS data files on disk The V6 Engine under OpenVMS
XPORT accesses transport files Moving and Accessing SAS Files
CONCUR provides concurrent UPDATE access to SAS data sets The CONCUR Engine under OpenVMS
CVP expands character variable lengths for transcoding SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
ORACLE accesses ORACLE database files The DBMS Interface Engine
SQLVIEW accesses data views that are described by the SQL procedure SAS Guide to the SQL Procedure: Usage and Reference
SPD provides high-performance data delivery SAS Scalable Performance Data Engine: Reference
XML reads and writes XML documents SAS XML LIBNAME Engine: User's Guide
OSIRIS provides read-only access to OSIRIS files The OSIRIS and SPSS Engines under OpenVMS
SPSS provides read-only access to SPSS files The OSIRIS and SPSS Engines under OpenVMS


File Types Created by Each Engine

For information about the OpenVMS file types that SAS uses for SAS files, see OpenVMS File Types Used by SAS.

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