Date:         Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:17:38 -0700
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From:         afedakendragon <afedaken@GMAIL.COM>
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Subject:      Re: SAS/Connect for ODBC - Connect to informix db?
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On Aug 18, 1:11 pm, donaldjhender...@HOTMAIL.COM (Don Henderson)
wrote:
> Abraham,
>
> Are you using a libname that is defined thru the Metadata Server of the BI
> Server?

That was my intent.  I started out trying to use management console to
create the library and import the tables, but I'm unable to import
tables.  When I go through the import process, the libname statement
returns no tables.  The log shows no errors, but also no tables.

> Or are you specifying the ODBC libname to Informix in a SAS program?
>
> If the former, you need to import the tables in the SAS Management Console
> (SMC) in order to see the tables defined in that libname. One of the
> advantages of SMC to access data is that you can define additional metadata
> (e.g., how to use a column, who can see the column, etc). But that also
> means that you can only see tables that have been registered.
>
> HTH,
> Don Henderson