Date:         Thu, 18 Nov 1999 08:25:21 -0500
Reply-To:     Chad Worthman <chadw@BIGFOOT.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Chad Worthman <chadw@BIGFOOT.COM>
Organization: Sprint Canada Inc.
Subject:      Re: DBF TO SAS DATA SET

I believe proc dbf is an old proc that has been replaced by proc dbload.
You need SAS/ACCESS to PC File Formats, and you can look in the
corresponding manual for syntax, it is very similar to proc dbf.

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Chad Worthman
Dansys Consultants Inc.
www.dansys.com


Fang Bin <fangbin99@YAHOO.COM> wrote in message
news:SAS-L%1999111807103654@AKH-WIEN.AC.AT...
> SAS-L@AKH-WIEN.AC.AT
>
> Hello, Every friend,
> I was once told that codes like the following can
> change .dbf data to SAS dataset. Be it doesn't work,
> no error info reported in log window ,nor target data
> set created, I wonder why? Or is there any other
> way to read .dbf data into SAS data set?
>
> I use SAS 6.12 TS0045 on NT workstation.
>
> Thanks.
> Fang Bin in Beijing, China
>
> filename dbf_file 'c:\...\dos_file.dbf';
> proc dbf db4=dbf_file out=libname.sas_file;
> run;
>
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