HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.sas-l
Date:         Fri, 20 Nov 1992 10:29:00 PST
Reply-To:     "P. Oldenkamp 5-4481" <oldenkmp@ESPRESSO.BOEING.COM>
From:         "P. Oldenkamp 5-4481" <oldenkmp@ESPRESSO.BOEING.COM>
Subject:      Re: SAS for Windows NT and SAS OS/2 6.08 Developers Edition
Comments: To: SAS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu, ADROSEN%PITTVMS.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu

----------------------------------------------------------------------
CONTENT:  CORRECTION
REL/PLTF: 6.08
E-ADDR:   oldenkmp@ESPRESSO.boeing.com
NAME:     Paul OldenKamp
PHONE:    206-865-4481
----------------------------------------------------------------------

In a note I posted yesterday I said:

> At the November 10th meeting of the Puget Sound SAS Users' Group, Tim Lehman,
> Western Regional Manager of SI said that the expected date for the production
> release of 6.08 for Windows(3.1) is now March 31, 1993.  At the open house
> for the SI Seattle Office on August 6 Barrett Joyner said that the expected
> release date for 6.08 was January 15, 1993.

I have since learned that the correct expected release date of 6.08 is
March 1, 1993.

----------------------------------------------------------------------
               //  Paul OldenKamp
              //   BCS Research and Technology          .
             //    P. O. Box 24346, MS 7L-21            |\
            //     Seattle, WA   98124-0346             | \____oo_
           //==========================================((__|  /___>
          //       ___ ___ ___ ___     __                  | //
         //       /__//  //__  /  /\ //  _                 |//
        //       /__//__//__ _/_ /  //__/                  ''
       //
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.sas-l
Date:         Thu, 19 Nov 1992 10:30:14 PST
Reply-To:     "P. Oldenkamp 5-4481" <oldenkmp@ESPRESSO.BOEING.COM>
From:         "P. Oldenkamp 5-4481" <oldenkmp@ESPRESSO.BOEING.COM>
Subject:      Re: SAS for Windows NT and SAS OS/2 6.08 Developers Edition
Comments: To: SAS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu, ADROSEN%PITTVMS.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu

----------------------------------------------------------------------
CONTENT:  COMMENT
REL/PLTF: 6.08 Windows 3.0
E-ADDR:   oldenkmp@ESPRESSO.boeing.com
NAME:     Paul OldenKamp
PHONE:    206-865-4481
----------------------------------------------------------------------
In a comment on Sally Muller's post on SAS for Windows NT, Allan Rosen asked
rhetorically:

> What will be out 1Q93?  SAS for Windows NT, Beta or Production?

At the November 10th meeting of the Puget Sound SAS Users' Group, Tim Lehman,
Western Regional Manager of SI said that the expected date for the production
release of 6.08 for Windows(3.1) is now March 31, 1993.  At the open house
for the SI Seattle Office on August 6 Barrett Joyner said that the expected
release date for 6.08 was January 15, 1993.

So in three months the release date has slipped two and 1/2 months.  Should
we calculate the convergence of these two trends?

----------------------------------------------------------------------
               //  Paul OldenKamp
              //   BCS Research and Technology          .
             //    P. O. Box 24346, MS 7L-21            |\
            //     Seattle, WA   98124-0346             | \____oo_
           //==========================================((__|  /___>
          //       ___ ___ ___ ___     __                  | //
         //       /__//  //__  /  /\ //  _                 |//
        //       /__//__//__ _/_ /  //__/                  ''
       //
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.sas-l
Date:         Fri, 20 Nov 1992 14:16:09 EST
Reply-To:     Andy Norton <76350.1604@COMPUSERVE.COM>
From:         Andy Norton <76350.1604@COMPUSERVE.COM>
Subject:      PROC CATALOG/GREPLAY inquiry

----------------------------------------------------------------------
CONTENT:   Response
SUMMARY:   Garbled graph descriptions in GREPLAY (6.06) are because
           graph was copied using other than PROC GREPLAY
REL/PLTF:  6.07.01/CMS, 6.04/PC-DOS
E-ADDR:    76350.1604@compuserve.com
NAME:      Andy Norton
ADDRESS:   Trilogy Consulting, 5228 Lovers Lane, Kalamazoo MI 49002 USA
PHONE:     (616) 344-2191
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Eric_Lenio.Henr801h@XEROX.COM asked:
> The following code produced a strange result (6.06 MVS/XA):

> GOPTIONS NODISPLAY DEVICE=IBM3279;
> PROC GSLIDE GOUT=WORK.TEST;
> TITLE1 'TEST';

> PROC CATALOG C=WORK.TEST;
> COPY OUT=WORK.TEST2;

> PROC GREPLAY IGOUT=WORK.TEST2;

> The problem:  the GREPLAY selection list (main screen) has somehow
> garbled the description entries.  Anyone ever see this behavior?

This is a known bug.  When you copy a graph entry using PROC CATALOG,
the description is garbled (in 6.06).  I'm not sure about 6.07 because
my communications are down today.

For further information, see SAS Usage Notes V6-GREPLAY-4904 and
V6-CATALOG-1736.  If you don't have access to the Usage Notes, you
should try and get it because there is a wealth of otherwise
unpublished information in there.

Andy
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
Content-type: TEXT
Posting-date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 00:17 +0000
Importance: normal
Priority: non-urgent
X-Hop-count: 1
A1-type: MAIL
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.sas-l
Date:         Mon, 23 Nov 1992 23:48:00 +0000
Reply-To:     "Peter Walkerden 226 7162 (08)"
              <Walkerden.Peter@STATEMAIL.SS.SA.GOV.AU>
From:         "Peter Walkerden 226 7162 (08)"
              <Walkerden.Peter@STATEMAIL.SS.SA.GOV.AU>
Subject:      RE: SAS 6.08 - TCP/IP conflict
Comments: To: "SAS-L@AWIIMC12.IMC.UNIVIE.AC.A" <SAS-L@AWIIMC12.IMC.UNIVIE.AC.AT>

<Subject: SAS 6.08 - TCP/IP conflict
<
<Subject: Addendum to previous message about SAS 6.08 Windows and TCP/IP
<             software
<
<Sorry, in my previous message about the fix for the conflict between SAS
<6.08 for Windows and TCP/IP software that uses a DOS environment variable
<named USER, I neglected to include a necessary semi-colon in the
<CONFIG.SAS statement that "fixes" the problem. The correct statement is
<
<                  -initstmt  'libname USER clear ;'
<
<Note that on page 86 of the preliminary documentation the order of the
<semi-colon and the last single quote are reversed. (Are you listening SAS
<Institute?) This appears to be a misprint.

Hi Fellow SAS-L'ers....
I am a rookie SAS-L user ... and have only just joined the group, and also
have only just had WINDOWS Version 6.08 installed on my PC (Developer's
Copy) ... I have noticed with interest the discussions on pricing .. as we
are in the position of on-selling PC-SAS Licences to our Government (Public
Service) Departments, after we buy a bulk licence from SAS Inst. .. and the
price increases are causing us some concern.
However .. re the above problem .. I too spent several days (and I regard
myself as a reasonably experienced SAS user !!) .. negotiating the manual,
and determining WHY SAS was using USER and not WORK (the AUTOEXEC.SAS "red
herring" throwing me off the scent for a while !).

We use TCP/IP as well (through NOVELL LAN) ... and the USER environment
variable was being created ... and my attempts to use the -INITSTMT  as per
the manual, finally worked once I discovered the ubiquitous missing ';' ..
as you say .. a VERY annoying misprint .. but thankfully one OUR Govt.
users will be informed about before they instal SAS 6.08 , .. NOW !!

I just wonder how many other SAS sites will go through the same process ..
and what other hidden "joys" await ...

Incidentally .. another acknowledged "bug" in SAS/INSIGHT (experimental,
admittedly) involves having to shrink the rotation area before axes will be
displayed, when doing rotating plots on screen ....


Regards,


Peter

       -----------------------------------------------------------
        Peter Walkerden, Dept. of State Services, State Systems
        E-mail: (Internet); walkerden.peter@statemail.sa.gov.au
        Addr:   150 Grenfell St. Adelaide, South Australia. 5000
                G.P.O. Box 1095,  Adelaide, South Australia, 5001
        Phone:  61 8 226 7162               Fax : 61 8 226 7111
       -----------------------------------------------------------
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
X-Delivery-Notice:  SMTP MAIL FROM does not correspond to sender.
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.sas-l
Date:         Mon, 23 Nov 1992 12:51:00 LCL
Reply-To:     KEN <KHARDY.IRSS@MHS.UNC.EDU>
From:         KEN <KHARDY.IRSS@MHS.UNC.EDU>
Subject:      SAS 6.08 - TCP/IP conflict
Comments: To: - <sas-l@vtvm2.bitnet>
Comments: cc: - <greg_madden@unc.edu>

Subject: Addendum to previous message about SAS 6.08 Windows and TCP/IP
             software

Sorry, in my previous message about the fix for the conflict between SAS
6.08 for Windows and TCP/IP software that uses a DOS environment variable
named USER, I neglected to include a necessary semi-colon in the
CONFIG.SAS statement that "fixes" the problem. The correct statement is

                  -initstmt  'libname USER clear ;'

Note that on page 86 of the preliminary documentation the order of the
semi-colon and the last single quote are reversed. (Are you listening SAS
Institute?) This appears to be a misprint.
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.sas-l
Date:         Sun, 22 Nov 1992 01:28:00 EST
Reply-To:     Jay Jacob Wind <JWJ@NCCIBM1.BITNET>
From:         Jay Jacob Wind <JWJ@NCCIBM1.BITNET>
Subject:      And now for something completely different

I am faced with a daunting puzzle, not in SAS, but in Lotus 1-2-3 2.2
I'm sure some out in SAS-Land has seen something like this and can help
me.
I have a spreadsheet with about 50 columns, 1700 rows, forming a
a very sparse matrix.  On any given row, there are between one and
six columns with values.  I wish to transfer this humongous matrix
to SAS as a flat (ASCII) file in the form

ROW-ID COLUMN-HEADERi COLUMN-VALUEi COLUMN-HEADERj COLUMN-HEADERj

listing just the headers and values of columns WITH data.
The columns with data vary widely from record to record.
I must use the approach of collapsing the records because of Lotus
1-2-3's 240 column limit on text files.

I have a 486 PC, and I shall be using SAS v6.06 on OS/MVS, but the
problem is really how to shorten the file IN LOTUS 1-2-3 so I can
upload it.  I've tried +@STRING(valuei,2)&@STRING(valuej,2), but
that turns blank cells into " 0.00 ", so I still exceed the 240-char
limit.
TIA and TGIF
-----
Jay Jacob Wind                      ____ ___ ___
American Environmental Institute           
611 South Ivy Street                -- --  
Arlington, VA  22204                   __ __
(703) 920-5193 (VOICE)
(703) 521-6157 (FAX)          JWJ@EPAIBM.RTPNC.EPA.GOV
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.sas-l
Date:         Thu, 19 Nov 1992 08:58:42 PST
Reply-To:     Paul Hamilton <hamilton@ESPRESSO.BOEING.COM>
From:         Paul Hamilton <hamilton@ESPRESSO.BOEING.COM>
Subject:      Proc Report
Comments: To: SAS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu

Harry Sharp wrote with a problem about getting PROC REPORT to order
the character values Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior in
precisely that customary order

My humble offering:

Another way to approach this is to run a DATA step which builds a numeric
variable:

   select(class);
      when ('FRESH')  nclass = 1;
      when ('SOPH')   nclass = 2;
      when ('JUNIOR') nclass = 3;
      when ('SENIOR') nclass = 4;
      otherwise put class=;
   end;

Then have a PROC FORMAT:

proc format;
   value NCLASS
      1 = 'Freshman'
etc.

Then use numeric code with format statement, get whatever order you want.
Kind Regards,
Paul D. Hamilton
Boeing Computer Services
hamilton@espresso.boeing.com
(206) 865-4470
From: Bob.deGroot@WLDELFT.NL (Bob de Groot)
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.sas-l
Subject: Re: missing ascii files and macro
Date: 18 Nov 92 15:28:06 GMT
Reply-To: Bob de Groot <Bob.deGroot@WLDELFT.NL>
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
X-Popmail-Charset: English
Comments: To: sas-l@awiimc12.imc.univie.ac.at

On Tue, 17 Nov 1992 10:12:00 CDT, <BOKERSON@MEMSTVX1.BITNET> wrote:

>I am running SAS 6.07 with VMS 5.5 on a VAX 6420..
>
>I have a user who has several hundred ascii files that he needs to read in to
>process with SAS and he has a macro to do this.  The file names are mainly

This is what I did under unix (!!!) using the filename option 'pipe'. I list
the files with a unique file extension and extract the filenames (see the
'data _null' step), so I can read all the files within the macro:
           %macro READ;
               %local i;
                data readin;
                %do i=1 %to &nrobs;
                   filename &&fref&i &&fnam&i;
                   infile &&fref&i end=eof&i ;
                   do while (eof&i =0);
                      input ..........;
                      output;
                   end;
                %end;
             %mend READ;

    /*----list the '*.wbd' files and pipe through filename-------------*/
             filename in pipe 'll *.wbd';
             data _null_;
                infile in end=eof length=len;
                input @;
                len=len-54;
                input @55 fnam $varying80. len ;
                pos_wbd=index(fnam,'wbd');
    /*----filename of the '*.wbd' files are always 5 positions here----*/
                fref=substr(fnam,pos_wbd-6,5);
                fref=trim(fref);
                fnam="'"||trim(fnam)||"'";
                call symput('fref'||left(_n_),fref);
                call symput('fnam'||left(_n_),fnam);
                if eof then call symput('nrobs',_n_);
            %READ
!
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
Organization: School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
X-Envelope-to: POLS0%UHUPVM1.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu, sas-l@uga.cc.uga.edu
Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.sas-l
Date:         Tue, 17 Nov 1992 07:45:07 -0800
Reply-To:     Jim Goes <goes@chimera.sph.umn.edu>
From:         Jim Goes <goes@CHIMERA.SPH.UMN.EDU>
Subject:      Re: HPDJ500 woes and SAS V. 6.04
Comments: To: POLS0%UHUPVM1.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu
Comments: cc: sas-l@uga.cc.uga.edu

POLS0%UHUPVM1.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu writes:

>        To my regret, I "upgraded"  SAS-PC version 6.03 to 6.04
> last week. I have been running 6.03 with a zap since it died
> last year due to too many years elapsing since it was
> created.
>

>        Since last week's "upgrade" I find SAS/Graph to be
> utterly useless for my printer, a Hewlett-Packard
> DeskJet 500.  Where I previously printed a particular
> graph in a few minutes, I find now that graph requires over
> four hours to print!
>

>        Can anyone suggest anything other than deleting SAS on my
> machine and restoring version 6.03?  Perhaps a
> modification of the driver might alleviate the problem,
> but I have no information concerning how to modify the
> driver.  The SAS/Graph User's Guide suggests a perusal of
> either SAS/Graph Guide to Hardware Interfaces, or the
> SAS/Graph Hardware Interfaces for Personal Computers.

> Unfortunately, neither of these manuals appears to
> reside on campus.
>

>        Any ideas are welcome!

With one exception, I have exactly this configuration, and encounter
nothing like the problems you cite.  Takes me about 1-2 minutes to
print a complex graph at 300 dpi.  I do, however, have a 256k memory
expansion cartridge in the printer.  But I find it hard to believe
that the memory card would account for the difference you describe.
Besides, why would it work under 6.03 and not 6.04?

I did some playing with the deskjet driver in SAS/Graph, and am
willing to send you a copy.  But I don't think that's the problem.
Have you contacted tech support?--
*********************************************************************
Jim Goes                + InterNet: goes@chimera.sph.umn.edu (NeXT!)
Health Mgmt & Policy    +             or goes@vx.acs.umn.edu (ascii)
School of Public Health + Phone:    (612) 624-3118
University of Minnesota + FAX:      (612) 624-3972
*********************************************************************
Live every day like your hair is on fire.      --Zen Proverb
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.sas-l
Date:         Mon, 16 Nov 1992 15:59:16 CDT
Reply-To:     POLS0@UHUPVM1.BITNET
From:         POLS0@UHUPVM1.BITNET
Subject:      HPDJ500 woes and SAS V. 6.04

       To my regret, I "upgraded"  SAS-PC version 6.03 to 6.04 last week.
I have been running 6.03 with a zap since it died last year due to too
many years elapsing since it was created.

       Since last week's "upgrade" I find SAS/Graph to be utterly useless
for my printer, a Hewlett-Packard DeskJet 500.  Where I previously printed
a particular graph in a few minutes, I find now that graph requires over
four hours to print!

       Can anyone suggest anything other than deleting SAS on my machine
and restoring version 6.03?  Perhaps a modification of the driver might
alleviate the problem, but I have no information concerning how to
modify the driver.  The SAS/Graph User's Guide suggests a perusal of
either SAS/Graph Guide to Hardware Interfaces, or the SAS/Graph Hardware
Interfaces for Personal Computers.  Unfortunately, neither of these
manuals appears to reside on campus.

       Any ideas are welcome!

       Perhaps I should mention my machine is an IBM Model 55, with 2 MB
of memory, and that the DeskJet has the default memory -- no additional
memory.

                                          Randy Hergesheimer
                                          pols0@uhupvm1.uh.edu
From: POPPE@SWOV.NL (Frank Poppe)
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.sas-l
Subject: Re: MINID and MAXID
Date: 18 Nov 92 15:47:00 GMT
Reply-To: Frank Poppe <POPPE@SWOV.NL>
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
X-Organization: stichting wetenschappelijk onderzoek verkeersveiligheid SWOV
X-Envelope-to: sas-l@AWIIMC12.BITNET
X-VMS-To: IN%"W_URBAN@UNHH.UNH.EDU"
X-VMS-Cc: in%sas,
X-VMS-Cc: POPPE
Comments: To: W_URBAN@UNHH.UNH.EDU

From: W_URBAN@UNHH.UNH.EDU
Subject: MINID and MAXID

]   I have really been baffled by TFM under PROC MEANS and the
]   description of MINID and MAXID.  What I would *like* to do is say
]
]        PROC MEANS MIN MINID(ID) MAX MAXID(ID);
]           VAR {many variables};
]
]   where ID is a real id in the dataset.  Now I realize that this has
]   to be done with the manipulation of the resulting dataset from an
]   OUTPUT statement; but it looks like one has to specify a new
]   variable name for each and every minid and maxid for every
]   original variable.  Is there any way to say "do it for every
]   variable in the VAR statement?
]
]   will@unh.edu

You say "do it" but what is *it* ??
I get the impression you want an output dataset with "every variable"
the minimal value, the maximumvalue, and the value of another variable (ID)
from the observation that has the min, resp. the max.
That means four new variables for each single old variable.
That's why you'll have to give new names.

SAS might have included an option to have the PROC generate new names
(appending MIN or MAX or MND MXD to the 5 first character of the old names).

It is possible to write a macro that finds out which numeric variables are
present in the dataset, and that generates such new names.
(The code becomes complicated when it is nessary to resolve name-conflicts
between the new names...)


_____________________________________________________________________________
 Frank Poppe             <poppe@swov.nl>                tel:   +31 70 3209323
 Institute for Road Safety Research SWOV                fax:   +31 70 3201261
    ,,,  ,, ,, ,,  .... ,, ,,                           mail:      PO Box 170
   ||,,, || || || :: :: || ||                            2260 AD Leidschendam
   ,,,|~ ||,'|,~  :: :' ||,~                                  the Netherlands
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
content-length: 2157
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.sas-l
Date:         Thu, 19 Nov 1992 10:35:53 PST
Reply-To:     Claire Castell <Claire.Castell@EBAY.SUN.COM>
From:         Claire Castell <Claire.Castell@EBAY.SUN.COM>
Subject:      Re: SAS on Sun
Comments: To: SAS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu

Yes, Sun just announced these sexy new models - cheaper AND faster !!
And yes, only Solaris 2.1 will run on these. Sun is very agressively
moving to Solaris.

SAS Institute sent us a "experimental" version (6.09) for the Solaris2.1
OS for last week's big announcments and we had it running on these
puppies.  SAS is committed to Solaris and I've been told Beta versions
will be out in December.  Production of SAS 6.09 for Solaris 2.0 and 2.1
is scheduled for about June 1993.

As usual, the bottleneck at SI is QA.  Unix development doesn't always
get the priority it should (in my humble opinion) in the QA pipeline.
There will be continued support for the Sun OS 4.1.x version - 6.09
for that OS is due June 1993 also.

Speaking of SAS 6.09, we have an experimental copy of that (4.1.x) and
really like the new interfaces to Sybase and Oracle.  There is an new
module coming out called SAS/CPE (unix only) which takes the data that
SunNet Manager collects and provides an user interface and some very nice
reporting and graphics.  SunNet Manager is a Sun product that collects
statistics on performance of servers, systems, networks. I have SAS/CPE
installed (experimental) and so far we really like it's ease of use and
graphics.

Claire Castell
Sun Microsystems, Inc.


..From SAS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu  Wed Nov 18 16:17:25 1992
..Subject:      SAS on Sun
..Comments: To: sas-l@ohstvma.ircc.ohio-state.edu
..Comments: cc: schild@alishaw.ucsb.edu
..To: Multiple recipients of list SAS-L <SAS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>
..Content-Length: 560
..X-Lines: 20
..
..Hi folks,
..
..   Sun just released specs on a bunch of new models,
..which will ONLY run Solaris 2.1--the full SVR4 version.
..
..Does this mean that these workstations WON'T be able
..to run the current Sun4 SAS binaries? YOW!!  Does this
..mean SAS is going to 'deprecate' the old SunOS binaries
..and shift to Solaris?  OYYY!
..
..I tried to call SAS about this but I kept getting hung up
..in their voice mail system.
..
..Thanks for any information (Claire?)
..
..Cheers,
..Mark Schildhauer
..Social Science Computing Facility
..University of California, Santa Barbara
..Phone: (805)893-3628
..
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
Apparently-To: <sas-l%ohstvma.bitnet@uunet.uu.net>
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.sas-l
Date:         Fri, 20 Nov 1992 19:07:00 EST
Reply-To:     William Kahn <71020.1025@COMPUSERVE.COM>
From:         William Kahn <71020.1025@COMPUSERVE.COM>
Subject:      h

Marge Scerbo wrote:

>. . . <stuff deleted> . . .
>we're having trouble with concurrent access of this catalog.
>. . . <stuff deleted> . . .

On a partially related note--We have written an AF app in 6.08 alpha Windows
3.1.  We want multiple users to be able to read from a graph catalog.
Catalog is on a drive on Netware 3.11.  First person locks out all others.
Haven't yet tried on the just sent Developers Version.  Lousy work around
was to make a copy of the graph wanted into a personal catalog, and get out
of the common catalog as fast as possible.

Bill Kahn
W. L. Gore and Associates
71020.1025@compuserve.com
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU