Date:         Wed, 23 Aug 2000 21:52:57 GMT
Reply-To:     fiaz@GRAPHICS.CIS.UPENN.EDU
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         fiaz@GRAPHICS.CIS.UPENN.EDU
Organization: Center for Human Modeling and Simulation
Subject:      Re: SAS Architecture

Michael S Hines wrote:
--external file of some type or other ->
  SAS Data step (reads external files, converts to SAS internal file format
[proprietary]) ->
    SAS Data analysis steps (any number)

-- Data is usually converted once and saved as a permenant data set (in SAS
terms - a library).
any number of analysis can then be done on the SAS dataset without
conversion again.


Thanks for your reply. I have one final question and then I promise
I will get a hold of a manual - can the import be done programattically?
IE Can I automatically convert a file to an SAS library via a call
from C/C++ or VB or something?

Again I wanted to thank everyone for their input, you guys were great.