Date:         Thu, 5 Aug 1999 17:09:07 -0500
Reply-To:     Henry Feldman <hfeldman@CONCEPTUAL.COM>
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From:         Henry Feldman <hfeldman@CONCEPTUAL.COM>
Subject:      Re: stange problem to import execl file to sas file
In-Reply-To:  <0007110A.C21292@westat.com>
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At 05:05 PM 8/5/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Jing -
>
>A couple general things first.  When you use the 'import' facility of SAS
6.12,
>you are actually using PROC ACCESS.  If you recall the program, you should be
>able to see the SAS code that is generated.  Note that PROC ACCESS (to my
>knowledge) CANNOT read Excel 97 files.  You may have to save your file as
Excel
>95.

DBMS/Engines would enable your sas programs to read Excel V97 files directly.

Henry
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