LIBNAME Statement: PC Files on Microsoft Windows

DBSASTYPE

Specifies data type(s) to override the default SAS data type(s) during input processing of data.

Valid in:	DATA and PROC steps (when accessing PC files data using SAS/ACCESS software)
Default value:	none

Syntax
Syntax Description
Details

Syntax

DBSASTYPE=(<column-name-1>=<SAS data-type>...<column-name-n>=<SAS data-type>)

Syntax Description

column-name: specifies a data source column name.
SAS data-type: specifies a SAS data type. SAS data types include CHAR(n), NUMERIC, DATETIME, DATE, TIME.

Details

By default, SAS/ACCESS converts each data source data type to a SAS data type during input processing. When you need a different data type, you can use this option to override the default and assign a SAS data type to each specified data source column.

Note: Some conversions might not be supported. If a conversion is not supported, SAS prints an error to the log. [cautionend]

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