Using Data Coded in XML Format

As of Version 9, SAS reads and writes data in "regular" XML (eXtended Markup Language) format with its XML engine.

In its simplest form, the XML engine is used as follows. Say you have an XML data file called mydata.xml. You would use a LIBNAME statement to point to the data file as if it's a "library", and then simply proceed as you would have with a normal SAS data set.

Here's a simple example:

libname trythis xml "d:\datafiles\xmldatafiles\mydata.xml"; proc print data=trythis.mydata; run;

For more information, please visit support.sas.com and enter "XML" as a search term. One specific page with a good deal of information and links is:

support.sas.com/rnd/base/topics/sxle82/exp82/