Date:         Wed, 14 May 2003 08:30:37 -0400
Reply-To:     Mike Rhoads <RHOADSM1@WESTAT.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Mike Rhoads <RHOADSM1@WESTAT.COM>
Subject:      Re: Archiving Project Data (SAS and non-SAS files)
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There's a good summary of the XPORT and CPORT transport formats at
http://www.sas.com/govedu/fda/faq.html.  This is primarily in the context of
FDA submissions, but provides a lot of useful general information as well.

Mike Rhoads
Westat
RhoadsM1@Westat.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Jack Hamilton [mailto:JackHamilton@FIRSTHEALTH.COM]
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 6:27 PM
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Re: Archiving Project Data (SAS and non-SAS files)

...
The internal format of XPORT and CPORT are different.  XPORT is documented;
as far as I know, CPORT is not.  CPORT can handle some SAS objects that
XPORT cannot, but historically catalog objects have not always been usable
across platforms and releases.  I think it would be safer to store anything
you can in text format, not in any kind of binary (both XPORT and CPORT and
binary).
ther is likely to go away, and both can be read even if you drop your SAS
license.
...

--
JackHamilton@FirstHealth.com
Manager, Technical Development
Metrics Department, First Health
West Sacramento, California USA