Date:         Thu, 1 Mar 2001 13:17:28 -0500
Reply-To:     Ray Pass <raypass@ATT.NET>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Ray Pass <raypass@ATT.NET>
Subject:      Re: Should I upgrade SAS v8.0 to v8.1
Comments: To: Anna Henson <anna_henson@YAHOO.COM>
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Lotsa people can give you specific reasons why you should upgrade.  Here's
one that makes 8.1 a must for me.  There's a new NEWFILE= option in ODS in
8.1 (not in 8.0), namely, NEWFILE=BYGROUP.  This gives me tremendous power
in designing large drill-down ODS HTML reporting systems using TABULATE
(and other PROCs) with by-group processing (see my ODS papers on the NESUG
website from NESUG 2000).  In general, why should you NOT upgrade, unless
it's a MAJOR hassle because of IT dinosaurs, etc?  I know that there are
new ODS features, among others, coming in 8.2 and I encourage my clients to
get there as soon as possible.

Ray



At 12:34 PM 03/01/2001 -0500, Anna Henson wrote:
>Hello Everyone,
>
>I would like to know whether I should update from v8.0 to v8.1.  Are there
>a lot of differences between those two.
>
>
>Thank you very much for your help.
>
>Anna Henson
>
>
>PS. Thank you for all your help in the past.  My job would have been harder
>without your generosities.

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