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Date:         Fri, 21 Aug 1998 11:14:21 -0400
Reply-To:     Ray Pass <raypass@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         Ray Pass <raypass@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Subject:      Re: PROC REPORT manuals
In-Reply-To:  <6rcs8v$6vt$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>
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This is a no-brainer. P-258 was an interim step. The thinner, cheaper one is the defining manual at this point in time. That's the one to have and use.

Just remember, size doesn't always matter (and neither does cost!).

Ray

At 09:38 PM 8/18/98 +0000, you wrote: >Our department is looking into getting a better PROC REPORT manual than the >useless one we have now. > >I have looked at P-258 (the tan book called _Using the REPORT procedure in a >non-windowing environment) and liked what I saw. There seems to be another >book out, though, called _SAS Guide to the REPORT procedure: Reference, >Release 6.11_. It has less pages (136 pages to P-258's 296 pages) and is >cheaper. > >For those of you who have used both, which one did you prefer, and why? > >-- >Christopher Scott | cscott@table.jps.net > >-----== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==----- >http://www.dejanews.com/rg_mkgrp.xp Create Your Own Free Member Forum >

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