The LIBNAME Statement for Relational Databases |
Default value: | DBMS |
Valid in: | SAS/ACCESS LIBNAME statement |
DBMS support: | Aster nCluster, DB2 under UNIX and PC Hosts, DB2 under z/OS, Greenplum, HP Neoview, Informix, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Netezza, ODBC, OLE DB, Oracle, Sybase, Sybase IQ, Teradata |
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DBGEN_NAME=DBMS | SAS |
specifies that SAS renames DBMS columns to valid SAS variable names. SAS converts to underscores any characters that it does not allow. If it converts a column to a name that already exists, it appends a sequence number at the end of the new name.
specifies that SAS converts DBMS columns that contain characters that SAS does not allow into valid SAS variable names. SAS uses the format _COLn, where n is the column number, starting with 0. If SAS converts a name to a name that already exists, it appends a sequence number at the end of the new name.
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SAS retains column names when it reads data from DBMS tables unless a column name contains characters that SAS does not allow, such as $ or @ . SAS allows alphanumeric characters and the underscore (_).
This option is intended primarily for National Language Support, notably for the conversion of kanji to English characters. English characters that are converted from kanji are often those that SAS does not allow. Although this option works for the single-byte character set (SBCS) version of SAS, SAS ignores it in the double-byte character set (DBCS) version. So if you have the DBCS version, you must first set VALIDVARNAME=ANY before using your language characters as column variables.
Each of the various SAS/ACCESS interfaces handled name collisions differently in SAS 6. Some interfaces appended at the end of the name, some replaced one or more of the final characters in the name, some used a single sequence number, and others used unique counters. When you specify VALIDVARNAME=V6, SAS handles name collisions as it did in SAS 6.
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If you specify DBGEN_NAME=SAS, SAS renames a DBMS column named Dept$Amt to _COLn . If you specify DBGEN_NAME=DBMS, SAS renames the Dept$Amt column to Dept_Amt .
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To apply this option to an individual data set, see the DBGEN_NAME= Data Set Option.
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