SAS Version Differences 6.1

[Rerickson123]

My coworker is using SAS Enterprise 6.1.  I am using 8.3.

I am unable to use this program code to connect to the database - my coworker is able to us it. 

Is there something different between the 2 versions language here?

libname conf odbc dsn=mainframe

user=&uname

password=&passwd 

schema=conformed

read_lock_type=nolock;

Heres the error.

WARNING: Apparent symbolic reference UNAME not resolved.
WARNING: Apparent symbolic reference PASSWD not resolved.
ERROR: CLI error trying to establish connection: Unable to retrieve error message.
ERROR: Error in the LIBNAME statement.

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As an alternative I am able to connect in SAS using this.

libname conf odbc complete="driver=SQL Server;
                              database=mainframe;
                              server=servername"
                    schema=conformed;

[ballardw]

The warnings indicate that YOUR session has not assigned values to the macro variables &uname and &passwd.

Your coworkers may execute a script that sets the values for those macro variables. The code might look like

%let uname=SomeValidUsername;
%let passwd=ValidPassword;

See if specifying your user name and password before attempting that libname statement allows the connection.

There may also be settings related to the connection to that data source that would require talking to your SAS Admin to make sure the configuration and permissions are set correctly.

[Rerickson123]

Thanks - I should have mentioned, I manually entered in my User Name and Password, I get the bottom 2.

ERROR: CLI error trying to establish connection: [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and no default driver
specified

ERROR: Error in the LIBNAME statement.

Is it correct for me to say, that there is no difference between how versions 6.x and 8.x would behave for this script? 

[ballardw]

I would be very surprised to find differences in how Libname or Filename statements behave.

ODBC connections can be operating system dependent. So if you are not running the same OS, or possibly the same version of the OS that might start the issues. Next you have to have the ODBC set up correctly which means each machine is likely to need configuration to make the link available. So you may need some admin help in configuring ODBC and making sure that you have the correct file drivers installed on both ends of the link.