SAS Frequently-Asked Questions

Directory: Installation and other Problems in SAS for Windows or Macintosh


SAS Institute's Main FAQ Page


SAS Institute's "Hot Fixes" for known bugs


Directory: Malfunctions in SAS for UNIX


Directory: SAS Programming Tips and Analysis Tricks and Methods


Directory: SAS IntrNet FAQ


Directory: TAB-, Comma-, or Quote-Delimited Data


Using SAS Data Sets with *.sd7 extensions in Version 9


SAS Data Set Compatibility Issues as of Version 9


SAS Version 7, 8 and 9 News and Information


SAS Version 7, 8 and 9 Issues and Problems when Migrating from Version 6


Using SAS on User Room Macintoshes


Setting Program Editor Colors in SAS Under UNIX


Finding and Installing the SAS System Viewer


Finding your IP address when Using SAS for UNIX under Micro-X or Mac-X


Launching SAS for UNIX in an X-Win session in the ITS Public User Areas


Sending a SAS Dataset through e-mail


Estimating the Size of a SAS Data Set Prior to Creating It


Writing out a SAS Data Set into Raw Data


Reading EBCDIC Files on ASCII Systems -- SAS Document TS-642


Garbage Characters in SAS for Windows Output files? How to return to ASCII


Reading Non-Standard Character Data


Reading Variable-Length Records in a DATA Step


Truncation of SAS numeric values


Generating HTML code with a SAS program


Redirecting SAS Log and Output so they appear in the SAME file


Pagebreaks in the Output Window or in saved Output


Interfaces with other Statistics or Data Base Software,

Programming Languages or Data Formats


Using SPSS Data (Portable File) in SAS

Using SAS Data (Transport File) in SPSS

Reading a SAS Data Set in S-Plus

Converting Access, Excel, and dBase-type files into SAS Data Sets

Reading and Writing XML Data Files in SAS

Dealing with Date Values from Excel or Access Databases

Lost Variables (Columns) when Importing Data from Other Software

Preserving Formatted Values When Moving SAS Data to
Spreadsheet Software

Calling c or Fortran programs from SAS (SAS Tech Note TS 353)


SAS Across Different Systems (see also the Overview Document on

Transport Files)


SAS Transport Files (Version 6 and higher): PROC CPORT/CIMPORT

SAS Transport Files (Version 5): PROC COPY

Converting Old SAS FSEDIT Screens (and other SAS
Catalogs) to Version 8.x

Preparing a SAS Transport File on a VAX/VMS System

Using a Macintosh SAS Program (or other ASCII file) in
SAS for Windows

SAS/CONNECT overview

DBMS/COPY -- Third-Party Software for Converting SAS Data


Using emacs instead of the SAS Program Editor in Interactive SAS


Using Compressed Data Stored on UNIX Disk or UniTree


Floating Point Overflow Errors in PROC LOGISTIC


Fisher's Exact Test -- workaround when it takes too long


Doing Meta Analysis Using SAS (and other) Software


Books for Novices to Learn SAS


Software that works with SAS to do neat things

• Information Applicable to More Than One Statistics Package
  
• Statistics Samples and Examples (General; not package- or software-specific)