topic Re: Registering tables from z/OS on UNIX in SAS Health and Life Sciences https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Health-and-Life-Sciences/Registering-tables-from-z-OS-on-UNIX/m-p/19354#M963 Quite odd combination...<BR /> Using SAS/ACCESS to DB2 sounds more straightforward.<BR /> I know that there is a possibility to use ODBC in UNIX, but the instructions to make it work seems a bit tricky.<BR /> Nevertheless, by registering, do you mean in a Metadata server?<BR /> And, can you access these DB2 tables outside SAS on that UNIX box (that is, have you completed the necessary steps in the ODBC setup)?<BR /> If so, there are a lot of documentation and papers that describes similar scenarios.<BR /> On this site, search for "management console odbc server".<BR /> <BR /> /Linus Thu, 27 May 2010 10:08:00 GMT LinusH 2010-05-27T10:08:00Z Registering tables from z/OS on UNIX https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Health-and-Life-Sciences/Registering-tables-from-z-OS-on-UNIX/m-p/19353#M962 We have the SAS Server on a UNIX box and we're connecting to DB2 thru ODBC. Can I register these DB2 tables in SAS? If so, how do I do it or where can I find out how to do it? Thanks. Tue, 11 May 2010 11:31:13 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Health-and-Life-Sciences/Registering-tables-from-z-OS-on-UNIX/m-p/19353#M962 Edie 2010-05-11T11:31:13Z Re: Registering tables from z/OS on UNIX https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Health-and-Life-Sciences/Registering-tables-from-z-OS-on-UNIX/m-p/19354#M963 Quite odd combination...<BR /> Using SAS/ACCESS to DB2 sounds more straightforward.<BR /> I know that there is a possibility to use ODBC in UNIX, but the instructions to make it work seems a bit tricky.<BR /> Nevertheless, by registering, do you mean in a Metadata server?<BR /> And, can you access these DB2 tables outside SAS on that UNIX box (that is, have you completed the necessary steps in the ODBC setup)?<BR /> If so, there are a lot of documentation and papers that describes similar scenarios.<BR /> On this site, search for "management console odbc server".<BR /> <BR /> /Linus Thu, 27 May 2010 10:08:00 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Health-and-Life-Sciences/Registering-tables-from-z-OS-on-UNIX/m-p/19354#M963 LinusH 2010-05-27T10:08:00Z