A few things I learned during my first few days: Learning the data (aka Medical Billing Terminology) is going to be the toughest challenge. The one-week SQL crash course was a very good idea. Not having access to the TAB key makes code styling a pain. (SAS on Unix hints?) I really need reading glasses. […]
Desktop Files for Launching SAS Apps on Ubuntu
Whilst I often use the command line on Linux, it’s also nice to have icons in the menus to start SAS® applications like SAS Management Console and SAS Display Manager. These days I mostly use GNOME Do as an application launcher (its a bit like Quicksilver for Mac OS X). Naturally I like to be […]
NOXCMD: NO eXternal CoMmanDs!
SAS® platform administrators can get quite familiar with the SAS NOXCMD option, usually when someone asks why their programs that used to work (in a different SAS version or execution environment) are now failing. Perhaps the programs ran ok with SAS Enterprise Guide 4.1 using a SAS 9.1.3 server but now fail with SAS Enterprise […]
IIS 7.5 and SAS DCOM: ACCESS DENIED, ACCESS DENIED, ACCESS DENIED
And the joy of being a pathfinder continues ;-]IIS 7.5 has now changed the game. No longer do we play with NETWORK SERVICES to get SAS operational. Now it is a new user IIS APPPOOL\DefaultAppPool. Security has now been taken from NETWORK SERVICES, whic…
IIS 7.5 and SAS DCOM: ACCESS DENIED, ACCESS DENIED, ACCESS DENIED
And the joy of being a pathfinder continues ;-]IIS 7.5 has now changed the game. No longer do we play with NETWORK SERVICES to get SAS operational. Now it is a new user IIS APPPOOL\DefaultAppPool. Security has now been taken from NETWORK SERVICES, whic…
IIS 7.5 and SAS DCOM: ACCESS DENIED, ACCESS DENIED, ACCESS DENIED
And the joy of being a pathfinder continues ;-]IIS 7.5 has now changed the game. No longer do we play with NETWORK SERVICES to get SAS operational. Now it is a new user IIS APPPOOL\DefaultAppPool. Security has now been taken from NETWORK SERVICES, whic…