Date:         Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:00:41 -0700
Reply-To:     mlhoward@avalon.net
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Mary <mlhoward@AVALON.NET>
Subject:      Re: CEDA - Native Data Set
Comments: To: SAS Swamy <sasswamy@GMAIL.COM>
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That should be just an informational message, not an error; it shows up when you move a SAS data set to a different platform.  If you want to convert it, then try:

libname saslib 'path';

data work.twing;
set saslib.twing;
run;

or if you want to save it as a PC SAS data set, give it a different name:

data saslib.twing_pc;
set saslib.twing;
run;

-Mary

--- sasswamy@GMAIL.COM wrote:

From: SAS Swamy <sasswamy@GMAIL.COM>
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject:      CEDA - Native Data Set
Date:         Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:36:14 -0400

Hello,

I am using SAS 9.2 TS Level 2M2 , XP_PRO Platform
Trying to access few SAS data sets which was created in UNIX,

Error message
***********************************************************************
  TWING.DATA is in a format that is native to another host, or the
file encoding
      does not match the session encoding. Cross Environment Data Access
will be used, which
      might require additional CPU resources and might reduce performance.
***********************************************************************

Can someone please help me to understand this error message and the steps
to make the Data sets readable , I looked at few reference about CEDA -
Cross-Environment Data Access,  but was not sure how could I open those
data sets in windows.

Thanks In Advance,
- Swamy