Math Forum / Math Software / SAS / July 2009

I am trying to create an output file containing datasets of different
types.
For instance in the first dataset I might have some text strings, the
second a table of results and in the third results in a different format.

I have the following data in the 'have' data and would liike to
summarize it like in the 'Want' data.
If an employee (empno) charges labor to an operation (opno) and there
was no labor charged on the prior operation(s), the employee should

I am running a query that takes about 5 minutes to return some 14000
rows.
    PROC SQL;
    CREATE TABLE InvSys.Returns

I have successfully run the code shown below in the past to pull BLS
data into a SAS dataset from their FTP server.  It still connects and
attempts to read the data, but returns the message "0 records were
read from the infile...." even though the file contains data.   I am

I am a biostatistician working with the pharmaceutical industry in the
UK. I'd like to know what the differences are, in terms of job
description, between a biostatistician I, II, III and IV.
Is there anything "standard" in the US about that or is it subjective,

I have a question about scheduling a SAS batch mode run. I have SAS
installed on a remote server but that server does not have a task scheduler=
.
My PC is Windows XP and can do task schedule. Usually I manually connect to

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It's been years since I've had to do this, and I'm drawing a blank.  I
need to create a fixed-width text file from a SAS data set - the file
also has to have a header record.  An approach like below seems to work

This objective presidential poll is unlike any you have ever seen.  Unlike
every other presidential poll you have ever encountered which have no theory
to guide their construction, analysis or intrepretation, this objective
presidential poll is based on and guided by an elaborate,

A very simple question:
suppose I have a dataset test such as
year month variable1
2008 1        10

Hi everyone,=0A=0AI am wondering if there are any issues in terms of biasin=
g my model if I want to include a predictor that was used to derive my depe=
ndant variable.=0A=0AHere is more detail:=0A=0ADependant variable is "chang=
e in sales volume per customer" meaning "sales per ...

     I am trying to export a SAS dataset to an MS Access file using
Enterprise guide 4.1 Export Wizard. However the wizard only allows the
dataset to be exported as MS Access file. I want to export the dataset
as an table within an existying MS Access file.

From a posting today on SAS-L:
English language portal software
"Established in 2006, this is new software download portal with over 1000 f=
reeware, shareware and trial version software."

I would like to delete variables in SAS according to the proportion of
zeros found in each of them. The rule is to keep only variables where
the proportion of zeros is less than 0.30. An example could help. For
instance,

I would like to know if there is a way of not retrieve lines like
those below all arroud the log.
1       The SAS System    10:36 Wednesday, July 1, 2009
2       The SAS System    10:36 Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Earlier this week I noticed an abnormally high amount of traffic on the
dying carcass of my formally secret web site made public by Phillip Rack
(infamous WPS bullshit huckster).  I decided to investigate so I geocoded
all the IP addresses generating HTTP requests and plotted them ...