Getting Started Using ODBC with SAS and SPSS

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Acknowledgments

The author would like to thank Curt Willis and Julia Sutherland of the UITS Data Management Support group for sharing their technical expertise in the course of preparing this document.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Why use ODBC?
• Setting up ODBC Data Sources
  • Creating ODBC Data Sources
  • Creating ODBC Data Sources with Excel
  • Creating ODBC Data Sources with Access
  • Creating ODBC Data Sources with SAS
• Using ODBC with Statistical Software
  • Using ODBC with SAS
  • Using ODBC with SPSS
• Conclusion