Date:         Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:05:14 -0700
Reply-To:     Friar Broccoli <EliasRK@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Friar Broccoli <EliasRK@GMAIL.COM>
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Subject:      Re: Reading MS SQL Server files
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On Jul 16, 3:00 pm, mlhow...@avalon.net (Mary) wrote:
> Does someone know the link to get at MS SQL Server Express?   Friar =
> mentions Management Studio Express as needed as well; is this a =
> different product?   Since SAS can't read Office 2007 files anyway, I'd =
> like to try loading Excel files into SQL Server Express and then having =
> SAS access them from there.  Also, does anyone know if R can also read =
> files stored in MS SQL Server Express?

Complete details here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=220549b5-0b07-4448-8848-dcc397514b41&displaylang=en

Phil seems to have handled the rest of your questions,
which I could not have answered anyway.