| DBLOAD Procedure Reference |
Specifies the database to be created
| Applies to: |
New databases
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The DBN= statement
is required when you are creating a new database. It specifies the name of
the database to be created. A database with the same name must not already
exist. database name must be a valid SYSTEM 2000 database name,
from 1 to 16 characters in length. Database names longer than 16 characters
are truncated and no error message appears. If the database name contains
embedded blanks or special characters, enclose the special characters in single
quotation marks. The slash (/), colon
(:), and equal sign (=) are not used.
SYSTEM 2000 uses the first 7 characters of the database
name as part of the ddname for the database files. Any restrictions imposed
by the operating environment on ddnames also apply to the database name.
For single-user jobs, you must allocate your files to
your SAS session. For the Multi-User environment, the database files can be
allocated when the Multi-User software is initialized or, if using Release
12.0 or later of SYSTEM 2000, the files can be dynamically allocated during
execution by using the ALLOC command. DB= is an alias.
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