demo.py

import sqlite3
import glob
import sas7bdat

class SASexport(sas7bdat.SAS7BDAT):
    def head(self, n=5):
        for i, row in enumerate(self.readData()):
            print row
            if i == n:
                break
        if n > self.header.rowcount:
            print 'n exceeds the total number and here shows all rows!'

    def meta(self):
        print self.header

    def to_sqlite(self, sqlitedb):
        if sqlitedb is None or not isinstance(sqlitedb, str):
            sqlitedb = ':memory'
            print 'not valid output name and instead use in-memory database'
        cols = self.header.cols
        strs = [''] * len(cols)
        for i, n in enumerate(cols):
            if n.attr.type == "numeric":
                strs[i] = n.name + ' real'
            else:
                strs[i] = n.name + ' varchar({})'.format(n.attr.length)
        table = self.header.dataset.title()
        cmd1 = "CREATE TABLE {} ({})".format(table, ', '.join(strs))
        cmd2 = 'INSERT INTO {} VALUES ( {} )'.format(table,
            ','.join(['?']*len(cols)))
        conn = sqlite3.connect(sqlitedb)
        c = conn.cursor()
        for i, line in enumerate(self.readData()):
            if i == 0:
                c.execute('DROP TABLE IF EXISTS {}'.format(table))
                c.execute(cmd1)
            else:
                c.execute(cmd2, line)
        conn.commit()
        c.close()

    def to_pandas(self):
        try:
            import pandas
        except ImportError:
            raise ImportError('No pandas moduleis available and this'
                'method cannot used')
        rst = []
        for i, x in enumerate(self.readData()):
            if i == 0:
                colnames = x
            else:
                rst.append(x)
        df = pandas.DataFrame(data = rst, columns = colnames)
        return df

class SASbatchexport:
    def __init__(self, directory):
        if directory is None or not isinstance(directory, str):
            raise ValueError('SAS library path has to be specified')
        self.directory = directory
    def to_sqlitedb(self, dest=None):
        """Export all SAS data sets to a SQLite database"""
        if dest is None or not isinstance(dest, str):
            print 'The output SQLite db will be name as SASOUTPUT.db'
            dest = 'SASOUTPUT.db'
        s = self.directory + '/*.sas7bdat'
        for sasfile in glob.glob(s):
            _data = SASexport(sasfile)
            _data.to_sqlite(dest)
            print 'SAS dataset {} has been successfully exported'.format( \
                _data.header.dataset)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    # Test the export feature
    data = SASexport('d:/google/onedrive/class.sas7bdat')
    data.head(30)
    data.meta()
    data.to_sqlite('d:/tmp/test3.db')
    data = SASexport('d:/google/onedrive/prdsal2.sas7bdat')
    data.head()
    df = data.to_pandas()
    print df
    
    # Test the batch export feature
    lib = SASbatchexport('d:/google/onedrive/')
    lib.to_sqlitedb('d:/tmp/test.db')
    

Hey, just FYI, I forked your code and updated it to work with the current version of the sas7bdat module (which was rewritten last October)

https://gist.github.com/ottothecow/abb41d485e821b361e80