SAS/ACCESS 9.1 DATA Step Interface to CA-IDMS: Reference

SAS/ACCESS software provides a DATA step interface between SAS and Computer Associates' Integrated Data Management System (CA-IDMS). Through the DATA step, you can use INPUT statements and special extensions on the INFILE statement to access or extract data from the CA-IDMS database. This reference guide describes the DATA step interface and how to write CA-IDMS INFILE and INPUT statements. It shows you how to perform the following tasks: create a DATA step view that, when executed, will access and retrieve data from CA-IDMS, use the SAS INFILE parameters that are required to generate each of the CA-IDMS function calls, and build one or more databases using a data dictionary. This title assumes that you understand the SAS DATA step and the statements that are used in the DATA step. It also assumes that you know how to enter standard SAS INFILE and INPUT statements.