Mikeey I did try V8 before I sent the posting just to be sure that V5toV6 was not available and I too, found it not there. I see that Dale did not find it in a V6.12 installation. I just ran a mainframe 6.09E job and the proc is there. I find it odd that it would not be available in 6.12 since this is a V6 proc. The spelling is V5TOV6 Nat Michael Raithel <michaelraithel@W To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU ESTAT.COM> cc: Sent by: "SAS(r) Subject: Re: Converting from SAS 5 to SAS 9 Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.U GA.EDU> 12/16/04 03:31 PM Please respond to Michael Raithel Dear SAS-L-ers, Nat Wooding, a knowledgeable neighbor just to the South of SAS Mecca posted the following: > Just to jump in, in V6, there was a Proc V5toV6 but that only > gets you one step along the way. I just checked and the proc > is not available in V9 (at least on the pc). > Nat, what a very clever way to inch along towards the goal! My mental picture is that of the old fire brigade where a bucket of water is passed from individual to individual: SAS V5 to SAS V6; SAS v6 to SAS V8, and SAS V8 to SAS V9. The bucket of water is, of course, the original SAS V5 data sets. Unfortunately, the original poster may have reached the end of the line if he/she does not have SAS V6. I say this because the SAS V8 online doc for Windows states the following: Procedures The following SAS procedure is no longer supported: V5TOV6 For more information about procedures, see SAS Procedures under Windows. If SAS V8 doesn't support V5TOV6, then I'll bet that SAS V9 does not support it either. So, hopefully, the original poster has SAS V6 laying around in one of those dusty file cabinets somewhere in the bowels of his organization. Nat, I'll catch you elsewhere on the 'L! I hope that this suggestion proves helpful now, and in the future! Of course, all of these opinions and insights are my own, and do not reflect those of my organization or my associates. All SAS code and/or methodologies specified in this posting are for illustrative purposes only and no warranty is stated or implied as to their accuracy or applicability. People deciding to use information in this posting do so at their own risk. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Michael A. Raithel "The man who wrote the book on performance" E-mail: MichaelRaithel@westat.com Author: Tuning SAS Applications in the MVS Environment Author: Tuning SAS Applications in the OS/390 and z/OS Environments, Second Edition http://www.sas.com/apps/pubscat/bookdetails.jsp?catid=1&pc=58172 <http://www.sas.com/apps/pubscat/bookdetails.jsp?catid=1&pc=58172> Currently Writing: The Complete Guide to Creating and Using SAS Indexes (due Summer 2005) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them. - Ralph Waldo Emerson +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++