It is also assumed that the reader is going to use ODBC and SAS or SPSS on a personal computer running Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP. Microsoft Access, Excel, Paradox, FoxPro, etc.) and has the necessary ODBC driver(s) installed. An ODBC compliant data file is a file created by a software package that conforms to the ODBC standard (e.g. It is assumed that the reader is familiar with SAS and/or SPSS and has access to an ODBC compliant data file. This document is designed to show you some of the ways that you can take advantage of ODBC when using SAS and SPSS. With ODBC, all you have to do is specify the type of file you are accessing and the data you want, and the ODBC driver will do the rest of the work. So, for example, you can easily extract data from a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet or Paradox database using SAS or SPSS without having to go through any tedious translation procedure. In other words, ODBC allows you to move data back and forth easily between ODBC compliant applications. Introduction The Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) standard is a common application programming interface for accessing data files. Stat/Math - Getting Started Using ODBC with SAS and SPSS
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