Date:         Tue, 26 Jun 2001 14:53:35 -0400
Reply-To:     Carl Kaufmann <cwkaufmann@HOME.COM>
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From:         Carl Kaufmann <cwkaufmann@HOME.COM>
Organization: The Soulless Minions of Orthodoxy
Subject:      Re: Problems with SAS V8! Please help!
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Adelina Gschwandtner wrote:

> I have finally installed V8 for SAS noting with surprize that I cannot
> use it!
>
> If I try the simplest thing:
>
> libname in "c:\ada_d\mueller\tapes\data";
> data new1;
> set in.ABBOTT;
> run;
>
> I get the following error message:
>
> 2    data new1;
> 3    set in.ABBOTT;
> ERROR: File IN.ABBOTT.DATA does not exist.
> 4    run;
>
> Although the library in is correctley assigned:
>
>     libname in "c:\ada_d\mueller\tapes\data";
> NOTE: Directory for library IN contains files of mixed engine types.
> NOTE: Libref IN was successfully assigned as follows:
>       Engine:        V8
>       Physical Name: c:\ada_d\mueller\tapes\data
>
> and although I am very sure that the File Abbott.sd2 is in this
> library!!! Why this???
> With V.6 this worked (and still works) perfectly!
>
> Please help!
>
> Thanks,
> Adelina.
>

*.sd2 is a V6 file.  The NOTE indicates that SAS found data sets from
various engines and is using the V8 engine.  To read the .sd2 file use

libname in V6 "c:\ada_d\mueller\tapes\data";

to force the use of the V6 engine.

You may want to use PROC DATASETS to convert all of your V6 files to V8.

--
Carl Kaufmann
Senior Analyst
D.K. Shifflet & Assocs. Ltd.
"Statistical thinking will one day be as necessary for efficient
citizenship as the ability to read and write." - H.G. Wells