You poor poor man. First, there are no free demos. To learn what SAS is and what it can do, start with their web site at http://www.sas.com You'll need the reference manuals from the SAS Institute, I'd recommend The SAS Language (Reference - 1042 pages) and SAS Procedures Guide (another 705 pages) then graduate to a SAS book by a User like Ron Cody's SAS Workshop which contains problems useful for SAS programming classes.

ITS LARGE AND CAN DO SO MUCH. Do they expect you to learn Base SAS, SAS/GRAPH, SAS/AF, SAS/FSP, SAS/DMI, screen control language (SCL), macros, SAS/ACCESS, SAS/SHARE, SAS/ETS, SAS/STAT, SAS/QC, SAS/OR, SAS/IML, SAS/CPE, SAS/RTERM, SAS/CONNECT, and/or SAS/ASSIST? and well enough to teach others? Jason, read some of the posts on this LISTSERV to get a feel of the complexity.

I have trained people to start using the basics in five days (with hands on exercises), but I don't think they were ready to teach others.

HTH,

Bob Schechter, PhilaSUG EC Member, Philadelphia area SAS Users Group, http://members.aol.com/PhilaSUG1 Legacy 2000 Highlander Convention, http://www.LegacyCon.org Systems Engineer, Pharmaceutical Information Services, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals (302) 886-5561 Voice, 886-7525 FAX FOC-CW3-30 mailto:robert.schechter@AstraZeneca.com

> ---------- > From: Jason Douglas[SMTP:jdouglas@KATIEITSALES.FREESERVE.CO.UK] > Sent: Monday, January 10, 2000 3:49 PM > To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU > Subject: Please respond to silly request > > I have no idea what sas is, and have been asked as a trainer to learn it > in > my own time and at my own expense. Can anybody tell me where I can get a > free demo of sas, explain what sas is, and also tell me for my own > personal > nerves how easy it is to learn, in otherwords how similar to crystal > reports, access, or VB which is basically the sum of my previous > experience. > > -- > Regards > > > > > Jason Douglas >