Moving And Accessing SAS 9.1 Files

Using the XPORT engine has the following limitations:

• The XPORT engine supports only members of type DATA. It does not support members of type CATALOG or VIEW.

• The XPORT engine supports a Version 6-compatible feature set. The XPORT engine cannot support SAS 9 features, such as long variable names . Warning or error messages report limitations that are encountered during the transport operation. For information about typical error messages and recovery actions, see "File library.member .DATA has too long a member name for the XPORT engine" on page 73.

• The XPORT engine with PROC COPY does not support the transport of any type of view or MDDB.