topic Re: sas/access in SAS Procedures https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/sas-access/m-p/34441#M8402 Another consideration is which SAS/Access product to license.<BR /> <BR /> If your organizational need is just for Oracle, then SAS/Access for Oracle is the best choice. If you need access to other DBMS products (M$'s SQL/Server, say), then SAS/Access for ODBC will also work.<BR /> <BR /> SAS/Access to ODBC loses some performance optimization for Oracle, so you will need to consider the trade-offs.<BR /> <BR /> (You didn't mention your Base SAS license OS. ODBC can be a pain to manage on Unix.).<BR /> <BR /> Doc Muhlbaier<BR /> Duke Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:23:17 GMT Doc_Duke 2009-12-26T17:23:17Z sas/access https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/sas-access/m-p/34439#M8400 Hi,<BR /> Our company is planning to purchase a Base SAS license.We need to access the Oracle database for our analysis.Does Base SAS license comes with SAS/ACCESS or do we need to license it separately.<BR /> <BR /> Please let me know ASAP.<BR /> <BR /> Thanks in advance. Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:06:52 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/sas-access/m-p/34439#M8400 deleted_user 2009-12-23T21:06:52Z Re: sas/access https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/sas-access/m-p/34440#M8401 SAS Access is a separately-licensed component.<BR /> <BR /> Scott Barry<BR /> SBBWorks, Inc. Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:23:35 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/sas-access/m-p/34440#M8401 sbb 2009-12-23T22:23:35Z Re: sas/access https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/sas-access/m-p/34441#M8402 Another consideration is which SAS/Access product to license.<BR /> <BR /> If your organizational need is just for Oracle, then SAS/Access for Oracle is the best choice. If you need access to other DBMS products (M$'s SQL/Server, say), then SAS/Access for ODBC will also work.<BR /> <BR /> SAS/Access to ODBC loses some performance optimization for Oracle, so you will need to consider the trade-offs.<BR /> <BR /> (You didn't mention your Base SAS license OS. ODBC can be a pain to manage on Unix.).<BR /> <BR /> Doc Muhlbaier<BR /> Duke Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:23:17 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/sas-access/m-p/34441#M8402 Doc_Duke 2009-12-26T17:23:17Z