The client/server capabilities of SAS/CONNECT also enable you to combine data from two seemingly incompatible systems into one data set. For example, you can access data in an ORACLE database on one ...

As a further example of using SAS/CONNECT and SAS/SHARE together, consider Sasha's next project. He needs to update a set of production costs that are maintained in SQL/DS tables by another division.

The SAS storage typically have 3 connections per controller, 2 controllers, so you can get 3 hosts redundant connections without switching. Works good for 3 host clusters at a good price point.

Windows 7 includes an ODBC manager that lets you connect from your desktop to a SQL server. You create a data source name (DSN) to save database setup information, so you can open a connection to th ...