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| Accessing Data Files |
Version 6-Version 7 or Version 8 Data File Cross-Version Support summarizes the limitations to accessing data files in a cross-version environment.
Full support means that reading, writing, and updating are allowed.
No access means that no reading, writing, or updating is allowed.
| V6 Server | V7 or V8 Server | |||
| V6 Data Set | V7 or V8 Data Set | V6 Data Set | V7 or V8 Data Set | |
| V6 Client | Full support | No access | Full support | Full support* |
| V7 or V8 Client | Full support* | No access | Full support | Full support |
| *indicates that features that are specific to Version 7 or Version 8, such as long names, are not supported. | ||||
| Accessing DATA Step, PROC SQL, and SAS/ACCESS Views |
Version 6-Version 7 or Version 8 Data Set and PROC SQL View Cross-Version Support summarizes the limitations on access to DATA step and PROC SQL views in a cross-version environment.
Full support means that reading, writing, and updating are allowed.
No access means that no reading, writing, or updating is allowed.
R indicates that a Version 7 or Version 8 client can read a Version 6 DATA step view or an SQL view.
| V6 Server | V7 or V8 Server | |||
| V6 View | V7 or V8 View | V6 View | V7 or V8 View | |
| V6 Client | Full support | No access | Full support* | R** |
| V7 or V8 Client | R** | No access | R*** | Full support |
| *At either the client or the server, the RMTVIEW=NO option and argument
to the LIBNAME statement has been set.
**At either the client or the server, the RMTVIEW=YES option and argument to the LIBNAME statement has been set. ***Applies to PROC SQL views only. |
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Version 6-Version 7 or Version 8 SAS/ACCESS View Cross-Version Support summarizes the limitations to accessing SAS/ACCESS views in a cross-version environment.
Full support means that reading, writing, and updating are allowed.
No access means that no reading, writing, or updating is allowed.
| V6 Server | V7 or V8 Server | |||
| V6 View | V7 or V8 View | V6 View | V7 or V8 View | |
| V6 Client | Full support | No access | Full support | Full support |
| V7 or V8 Client | Full support | No access | Full support | Full support |
| Accessing Catalogs |
Version 6-Version 7 or Version 8 Catalog Cross-Version Support summarizes the limitations on access to catalogs in a cross-version environment.
Full support means that reading, writing, and updating are allowed.
No access means that no reading, writing, or updating is allowed.
| V6 Server | V7 or V8 Server | |||
| V6 Catalog | V7 or V8 Catalog | V6 Catalog | V7 or V8 Catalog | |
| V6 Client | Full support | No access | R | Full support* |
| V7 or V8 Client | RW** | No access | RW** | Full support |
| *This UPDATE operation produces a Version 7 or Version 8 catalog that
contains Version 6 data.
**This WRITE operation allows only a limited copy. You can use PROC COPY to copy a Version 6 catalog to another Version 7 or Version 8 library. |
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