Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!titan!drack From: drack@titan.tsd.arlut.utexas.edu (Dave Rackley) Newsgroups: comp.databases Subject: Re: SAS in combination with RDBMS or C Message-ID: Date: 11 Dec 90 15:12:13 GMT References: <1440@integow.uucp> Sender: news@titan.tsd.arlut.utexas.edu Followup-To: poster Organization: Applied Research Laboratories, University of Texas at Austin. Lines: 35 In-reply-to: ronald@integow.uucp's message of 11 Dec 90 08:29:38 GMT In article <1440@integow.uucp> ronald@integow.uucp (Ronald Wopereis) writes: > On my previous call regarding a combination of SAS and RDBMS > I received not a single answer. I would expect at least the > people from SAS to react. > Am I wrong, or is this just the wrong product to buy, if one > wants to use a statistical package with graphics and a reporting > facility in combination with a Unify database ? > Since the Unify database can be accessed from the language 'C', > I was wondering if and to what extent SAS has the same capability. SAS has a product called ACCESS that may work with your RDBMS. We tried it with ORACLE, but the interface was buggy (it would only allow *one* connection to the database before logging out). BTW ORACLE claims this bug. SAS does not have an 3GL interface, except that SAS can call executable programs written in other languages. Other than SAS*ACCESS, a 'flat-file' interface may be your only course of action. -- DISCLAIMER? I don't know anything 'bout any ol' disclaimer! +=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=+ | David Rackley | | | Applied Research Laboratories | It's OK to be a martyr, as long as | | The University of Texas | you don't bring your own firewood. | | Austin, TX. 78758 | -- Dr. James Rigby | +=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=+