Using Sql C Api To Access Spd Server Tables; How Do I Use Htmsql To Make A Query; Examples Of Setting Up An Htmsql Web Page; Why Would I Want To Use Sql C Api - SAS Scalable Performance Data Server 4.5 Administrator's Manual

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Chapter 9 • Using SPD Server With Other Clients

How Do I Use htmSQL to Make a Query?

1. Log on to the World Wide Web and enter the URL for the Web page that contains the
2. Click on the desired information.
3. htmSQL handles the request, formats the information, and returns the result to the Web

Examples of Setting Up an htmSQL Web Page

SAS Institute maintains a Web site that explains the technical details of setting up htmSQL
Web pages. In some cases, there are references to the SAS/SHARE product. The rules for
setting up htmSQL for either the SPD Server or SAS/SHARE are virtually the same.
The SAS Institute Web page for htmSQL is
intrnet/htmSQL/index_admin.htm

Using SQL C API to Access SPD Server Tables

Read this section if you do not have Base SAS software on the network client but you want
to provide your network client machines with the capability of accessing SPD Server tables,
using SQL query methods. You must have SPD Server tables available for use, SPD Servers
and SPD SNET servers running, and Network client machines capable of running C/C++
programs.

Why Would I Want to Use SQL C API?

You have SPD Server tables available on your network and one or more of the following
might be true:
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The chapter "SPD Server SQL Access Library API Reference" in the SPD Server User's
Guide contains additional information about SQL C API.
htmSQL code.
page.
You do not have Base SAS software on the network client to process the data sets.
You want to distribute the information across your corporate intranet.
The clients on your network are varied: UNIX boxes, Windows PCs, workstations. One
thing they might have in common is the ability to run C/C++ programs.
Your developers are familiar with SQL and C/C++.
http://support.sas.com/rnd/web/