SAS and LINQ – Part 1

So, I am just getting my feet wet with LINQ, the new integrated query language within .NET. There are loads of articles on LINQ elsewhere. What I want to do is to illustrate LINQ with SAS and this is my starting point.Look at the following code:using S…

Demarcation

Good systems practice is to have demarcations between systems layers. This involves separation of the following layers (at a minimum):ApplicationBusiness logicData accessDataSAS programmers though tend to muddle all together:libname indata …;

C# and DBF files

I have a client that asked me to read DBF files generated by their SAS application. Well, this posting is to explain to someone what i have learned in reading DBF files using C#. The main thing I learned was no spaces in the file path.Here is the code …

Product Documentation on support.sas.com

We have posted a couple of articles here to highlight new features or reorganized content. I asked Gary Meek from our Publications Division what he wanted you to know about the new Product Documentation section. Here’s what he said:

Product Doc…

Anticipation. It’s killing me.

Do you hear songs in your head that are appropriate for the moment? I do. This project has taxed my mental library of great song phrases. I’ve had to find a song for every emotion imaginable. Right now, I need a song for excitement, anticipa…