topic Re: Can I read gzipped SAS dataset on the fly? in SAS Programming https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Can-I-read-gzipped-SAS-dataset-on-the-fly/m-p/165058#M300463 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>SAS has compressed binary/char. When you design in variables is effective for that it is saving a lot space. Even it could run faster as using uncompressed files.&nbsp; </P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 02 Apr 2014 18:17:12 GMT jakarman 2014-04-02T18:17:12Z Can I read gzipped SAS dataset on the fly? https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Can-I-read-gzipped-SAS-dataset-on-the-fly/m-p/165056#M300461 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I know the SAS has this nice feature of reading text file directly from gzip files.&nbsp; Is it possible to gzip the sas7bdat file first and the ask the SAS to read from that gzipped SAS file instead?&nbsp; That would save me a lot of HDD space <img id="smileyhappy" class="emoticon emoticon-smileyhappy" src="https://communities.sas.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-happy.png" alt="Smiley Happy" title="Smiley Happy" /></P><P></P><P>Thanks -</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 02 Apr 2014 17:32:39 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Can-I-read-gzipped-SAS-dataset-on-the-fly/m-p/165056#M300461 caveman529 2014-04-02T17:32:39Z Re: Can I read gzipped SAS dataset on the fly? https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Can-I-read-gzipped-SAS-dataset-on-the-fly/m-p/165057#M300462 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>No</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 02 Apr 2014 17:52:32 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Can-I-read-gzipped-SAS-dataset-on-the-fly/m-p/165057#M300462 FriedEgg 2014-04-02T17:52:32Z Re: Can I read gzipped SAS dataset on the fly? https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Can-I-read-gzipped-SAS-dataset-on-the-fly/m-p/165058#M300463 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>SAS has compressed binary/char. When you design in variables is effective for that it is saving a lot space. Even it could run faster as using uncompressed files.&nbsp; </P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 02 Apr 2014 18:17:12 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Can-I-read-gzipped-SAS-dataset-on-the-fly/m-p/165058#M300463 jakarman 2014-04-02T18:17:12Z