Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!umich!samsung!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!VCUVAX!HAMER
From: HAMER@VCUVAX.BITNET (ROBERT M. HAMER)
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.sas-l
Subject: RE: DUMPSAS
Message-ID: <SAS-L%90020716200436@VTVM1.BITNET>
Date: 7 Feb 90 21:17:00 GMT
Sender: "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@OHSTVMA>
Reply-To: "ROBERT M. HAMER" <HAMER@VCUVAX>
Lines: 11
Approved: NETNEWS@PSUVM Gateway
Original_To:  NET%"THL@NCCIBM1.BITNET"
Original_cc:  BITNET%"sas-l@vtvm1"

Tom Lewis <THL@NCCIBM1.BITNET> writes:
>SAS dataset.  The user is interested in converting for VAX/VMS and
>PC SAS, but wants to know if it has already been done.  I know there
>has been discussion of this topic before (not DUMPSAS specifically,
>but conversion to flat files) so if there are alternate solutions, they
>would be welcome as well.

Yes, there are alternate solutions -- using transport format files
that SAS can create on one system and read on the other system.
Or using the "Micro-to-host-link" and uploading or downloading
the SAS dataset directly between the two system.