Date:         Mon, 17 May 2004 15:44:01 -0400
Reply-To:     "Chang Y. Chung" <chang_y_chung@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Chang Y. Chung" <chang_y_chung@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Non-SAS Version 5 XPT dataset converters

On Mon, 17 May 2004 15:18:52 -0400, Howard Schreier
<Howard_Schreier@ITA.DOC.GOV> wrote:

>Investigate DBMS/COPY or Stat/Transfer.
>
>On Thu, 13 May 2004 08:21:21 -0700, Stephen Hirsch
><stephen.hirsch@PHARMA.NOVARTIS.COM> wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>Anybody out there have non-SAS code that can convert Version 5
>>Transport Dataset Format datasets into a non-SAS format?
>>
>>Thanks much,
>>
>>Steve

Hi,

Stata 8 can read/write dataset in sas xport format with fdasave, fdause,
and fdadescribe command -- the manual entry for them are forthcoming.

The binary laryout of the xport format is described in detail in TS-140,
available at:

http://support.sas.com/techsup/technote/ts140.html

Cheers,
Chang