Date:         Thu, 6 Jun 2002 08:30:47 -0700
Reply-To:     shiling zhang <shiling99@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         shiling zhang <shiling99@YAHOO.COM>
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Subject:      Re: Question: How to convert V8 dataset to V6 dataset?
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You may need to turn on the option VALIDVARNAME=V6. See attached an example.

libname sd8 v7 '~';
libname sd v6 '~';

options VALIDVARNAME=V7;
data sd8.t1;
   xxxxxxxx_yyyyyyy='1';
run;

options VALIDVARNAME=V6;
proc copy in=sd8 out=sd;
   select t1;
run;


andrewyupeng@yahoo.com (Andrew Yu) wrote in message news:<14786b0a.0206051616.c2687a@posting.google.com>...
> Hi, SAS users,
>
> Some datasets were created in V8 with extension .sas7bdat but I have
> to use it with batch-mode of SAS V6. But error indicates it cannot be
> read by SAS V6.
>
> Is there a way that I can create .sd2 V6 datasets in SAS V8 at my
> local computer then it can be used in SAS V6?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Andrew Yu