| ACCESS Procedure Reference |
Adds or modifies selection criteria for a view descriptor.
| Optional statement |
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| Applies to: |
view descriptor
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SUBSET
<selection-criteria>;
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You use the SUBSET statement to
specify
selection criteria when you create a view descriptor. This statement is optional;
if you omit it, the view retrieves all the data (that is, all the rows) in
the DBMS table.
An editing statement, such as SUBSET, must follow the
CREATE statement when you create a view descriptor. See CREATE Statement for more information about the
order of statements.
The selection-criteria argument can be either a WHERE
clause or a SORT clause. For more information about the WHERE clause, see WHERE Clause in an ADABAS View Descriptor. For
more information about the SORT clause, see SORT Clause in a View Descriptor. You can use either SAS variable names
or DBMS column names, in your selection criteria. Specify your WHERE clause
and SORT clause by using separate SUBSET statements. For example, you can
submit the following SUBSET statements:
subset where jobcode = 1204;
subset sort lastname;
SAS does not check the SUBSET statement for errors.
The statement is verified and validated only when the view descriptor is
used in a SAS program.
To delete the selection criteria, submit a SUBSET statement
without any arguments.
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