what is the difference between the SAS v8 and SAS v9?
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Answer / vj
SAS 9 users can safely interchange data files with SAS 8
users under certain circumstances
SAS 9 was released under certain unix platforms as a 64 bit
application
SAS 8 session running in a 32 bit environment
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Answer / chiranjeevi
SAS V8:
MAX.LENGTH IN V8:1)MEMBER NAMES=32BYTES
2)VARIABLENAMES=32BYTES
3)CHARACTER VARIABLE VALUES:32K
4)VARIABLE AND MEMBER LABELS:256BYTES
SAS V9:
MAX.LENGTH IN V9:1)THIS IS 64 BIT APPLICATION.
2)IT'S INCLUDED BI TOOLS(ETL,OLAP)
3)IT'S USED FOR UNDER UNIX ENVIRONMENTS ALSO.
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Answer / srinivas b
Main Difference is if u run the program in v8,in the
running process u r not able to modfy code.in v9 is posible.
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Answer / venu
compared to sas v8 developed ods concept in sas v9.
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Answer / essam
are there difference between the SAS v8 and SAS v9 in
macro ?? i try to do this macro in SAS v8
%goflogit(data=e1,y=y,m=m,xlist=age,logistic=on);
and it is not work. i dont know if the problem in the SAS v8
or from me, becuse i dont have SAS v9
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Answer / trueblues974
Well, have you checked if your SAS has IML installed?
%goflogit is an autocall macro that is available only for SAS\IML.
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Answer / kannan
There are so much differences in ODS HTML it seems...
analyzing...
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