Date:         Fri, 6 Feb 2004 21:42:29 -0800
Reply-To:     "Leslie J. Somos" <LJSomos@AOL.COM>
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From:         "Leslie J. Somos" <LJSomos@AOL.COM>
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Subject:      Re: Pharmaceutical SAS Programming
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"Lou" <lpogodajr292185@comcast.net> wrote in message news:<5uKdnbPevIwNxr3dRVn-gQ@comcast.com>...
> [...] I'm faced with writing an SOP on validating an install of
> SAS on a workstation.  That is, once the install procedure has been done and
> the last CD slipped back into its envelop, how do we validate that
> everything is working as it should?  Anyone out there have any pointers?

Many many moons ago, when I installed SAS 82.3 on an IBM mainframe,
back when it required the PL/I transient library to run, SAS Institute
supplied a batch IVP (Installation Verification Procedure), which
minimally exercised a number of SAS procedures. I would print the
output to microfiche and file it. Just by holding it up to a light,
I could compare it with the previous install and see whether the
number of pages or their content varied widely from the last install.
And if anything caught my eye, I could examine the detail in a
microfiche viewer.

I'm not familiar with the process for installing SAS on a PC workstation.
-Leslie
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