Date:         Wed, 25 Jan 2006 08:44:11 -0800
Reply-To:     SAS-Programmer@wywh.com
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From:         "Jeff J. Voeller" <SAS-Programmer@WYWH.COM>
Subject:      Re: Filename URL and Cookies
Comments: To: Choate@wywh.com, Paul@DDS.UGA.EDU
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On Tuesday, January 24, 2006 at 4:37 PM, Paul Choate wrote:

> Reading past posts I see the honorable David L. Cassell recommends
> PERL as is usual, and also that there's a cool free app out there
> called cURL that can be used with a filename pipe.  Otherwise SAS
> filename URL doesn't handle cookies.

There was a presentation at this year's WUSS that dealt with ways to get
non-SAS-friendly web-based data into SAS.  I'm pretty sure cURL was one of
several tools that was mentioned.  Taking a look at the proceedings might
be helpful, though I cleverly don't have a copy with me at the moment.