opening .sas7bdat without SAS?

[Shadowcat]

is there any way to open a .sas7bdat file without SAS? our SAS software is expired, and we've been trying to get an update but it hasn't come in the mail yet. i need to work with the data in SQL server, but i don't think our SQL server import/export wizard can read the .sas7bdat file. any help would be appreciated!

[vchagas]

A few years ago I used this to view and convert SAS data to text files.

http://www.sas.com/apps/demosdownloa...ckageID=000176

[Shadowcat]

thanks! that's awesome. i think my file is actually too big to bring into text using that software, but it's great to have just for viewing!