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pheynix
Calcite | Level 5

Does anyone know how to read a MS Access database table into SAS for mainframe?  Is it best to export data to the desktop and then FTP the MS Access data into a mainframe dataset for mainframe SAS to read in?  Or is there syntax I can use in a mainframe SAS program that would allow me to read the table directly when I run my mainframe SAS program?

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ChrisNZ
Tourmaline | Level 20

Can you read it using SAS PC and proc upload the data set?

pheynix
Calcite | Level 5

Thank you!  Do you  (or does anyone reading this) know of some sample syntax for the proc upload to get the table into mainframe?  

pheynix
Calcite | Level 5

Or do I even need to use proc import at all?  Can I just define a library in my mainframe SAS code, something like this?

 

LIBNAME mydata ACCESS PATH='c:\myaccessdb.accdb';

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