Data Set Options Syntax Listed by Product

Base SAS

A B C D E F G I K L O P R S T U W

Name
Syntax and Description
AGGREGATE= YES | NO
Specifies whether detailed data or aggregated data should be retrieved.
Product: Base SAS
Document: Base SAS 9.3 Guide to Information Maps
ALTER=alter-password
Specifies a password for a SAS file that prevents users from replacing or deleting the file, but permits Read and Write access.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for UNIX Environments
ALTER= alter-password
Specifies a password for a SAS file that prevents users from replacing or deleting the file, but permits read and write access.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for z/OS
ALTER= alter-password
Assigns an ALTER password to a SAS file that prevents users from replacing or deleting the file, and enables access to a read- and write-protected file.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Data Sets: Reference
ASYNCINDEX=YES|NO
Specifies to create indexes in parallel when creating multiple indexes on an SPD Engine data set.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Scalable Performance Data Engine: Reference
BUFNO=n | nK | hexX | MIN | MAX
Specifies the number of buffers to be allocated for processing a SAS data set.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for UNIX Environments
BUFNO= n | nK | hexX | MIN | MAX
Specifies the number of buffers to be allocated for processing a SAS data set.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Data Sets: Reference
BUFSIZE=n | nK | nM | nG | hexX | MAX
Specifies the size of a permanent buffer page for an output SAS data set.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for UNIX Environments
BUFSIZE= 0 | n | nK
Specifies the size of a permanent buffer page for an output SAS data set.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for z/OS
BUFSIZE= n | nK | nM | nG | hexX | MAX
Specifies the size of a permanent buffer page for an output SAS data set.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Data Sets: Reference
BYNOEQUALS=YES | NO
Specifies whether the output order of data set observations that have identical values for the BY variable is guaranteed to be in the data set order.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Scalable Performance Data Engine: Reference
BYSORT=YES | NO
Specifies for the SPD Engine to perform an automatic sort when it encounters a BY statement.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Scalable Performance Data Engine: Reference
CNTLLEV=LIB | MEM | REC
Specifies the level of shared access to a SAS data set.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Data Sets: Reference
COMPRESS= NO | YES | CHAR | BINARY
Specifies to compress SPD Engine data sets on disk as they are being created.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Scalable Performance Data Engine: Reference
COMPRESS=NO | YES | CHAR | BINARY
Specifies how observations are compressed in a new output SAS data set.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Data Sets: Reference
DLDMGACTION=FAIL | ABORT | REPAIR | NOINDEX | PROMPT
Specifies the action to take when a SAS data set in a SAS library is detected as damaged.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Data Sets: Reference
DROP= variable-1 <...variable-n>
For an input data set, excludes the specified variables from processing; for an output data set, excludes the specified variables from being written to the data set.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Data Sets: Reference
ENCODING= ANY | ASCIIANY | EBCDICANY | encoding-value
Overrides the encoding to use for reading or writing a SAS data set.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
ENCRYPT=YES | NO
Specifies whether to encrypt an output SPD Engine data set.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Scalable Performance Data Engine: Reference
ENCRYPT=YES | NO
Specifies whether to encrypt an output SAS data set.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Data Sets: Reference
ENDOBS= n
Specifies the end observation number in a user-defined range of observations to be processed.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Scalable Performance Data Engine: Reference
EXPCOLUMNLEN= column-length
Specifies the default length of the SAS character column when a data item defined with expressions is encountered.
Product: Base SAS
Document: Base SAS 9.3 Guide to Information Maps
EXTENDOBSCOUNTER=NO | YES
Specifies whether to extend the maximum observation count in a new output SAS data file.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Data Sets: Reference
FILECLOSE= DISP | LEAVE | REREAD | REWIND | FREE
Specifies how a tape is positioned when a SAS data set is closed.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for z/OS
FILECLOSE=DISP | LEAVE | REREAD | REWIND
Specifies how a tape is positioned when a SAS data set is closed.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Data Sets: Reference
FILEDISP= NEW | OLD
Specifies the initial disposition for a sequential access bound SAS library.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for z/OS
FILTER=(<NOT> filter-1 < ... Boolean-operator <NOT> filter-n >)
Uses the filters that are defined in an information map to specify criteria for subsetting a result set.
Product: Base SAS
Document: Base SAS 9.3 Guide to Information Maps
FIRSTOBS= n| nK | nM | nG | hexX | MIN | MAX
Specifies the first observation that SAS processes in a SAS data set.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Data Sets: Reference
GENMAX= number-of-generations
Requests generations for a new data set, modifies the number of generations for an existing data set, and specifies the maximum number of versions.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Data Sets: Reference
GENNUM= integer
Specifies a particular generation of a SAS data set.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Data Sets: Reference
IDXBY=YES | NO
Specifies whether to use an index when processing BY statements in the SPD Engine.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Scalable Performance Data Engine: Reference
IDXNAME= index-name
Directs SAS to use a specific index to match the conditions of a WHERE expression.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Data Sets: Reference
IDXWHERE=YES | NO
Specifies to use indexes when processing WHERE expressions in the SPD Engine.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Scalable Performance Data Engine: Reference
IDXWHERE=YES | NO
Specifies whether SAS uses an index search or a sequential search to match the conditions of a WHERE expression.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Data Sets: Reference
IN= variable
Creates a Boolean variable that indicates whether the data set contributed data to the current observation.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Data Sets: Reference
INDEX=(index-specification-1 ...< index-specification-n > )
Defines an index for a new output SAS data set.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Data Sets: Reference
IOBLOCKSIZE= n
Specifies the size in bytes of a block of observations to be used in an I/O operation.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Scalable Performance Data Engine: Reference
KEEP= variable-1 <...variable-n>
For an input data set, specifies the variables to process; for an output data set, specifies the variables to write to the data set.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Data Sets: Reference
LABEL='label'
Specifies a label for a SAS data set.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Data Sets: Reference
LISTFILES=YES | NO
Specifies whether the CONTENTS procedure lists the complete pathnames of all of the component files of an SPD Engine data set.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Scalable Performance Data Engine: Reference
OBS= n | nK | nM | nG | nT | hexX | MIN | MAX
Specifies the last observation that SAS processes in a data set.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Data Sets: Reference
OBSBUF= n
Determines the size of the view buffer for processing a DATA step view.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Data Sets: Reference
OUTREP= format
Specifies the data representation for the output SAS data set.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Data Sets: Reference
Specifies the data representation for the output SAS data set.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
PADCOMPRESS= n
Specifies the number of bytes to add to compressed blocks in a data set opened for OUTPUT or UPDATE.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Scalable Performance Data Engine: Reference
PARTSIZE= n | nM | nG | nT
Specifies the maximum size (in megabytes, gigabytes, or terabytes) that the data component partitions can be. The value is specified when an SPD Engine data set is created. This size is a fixed size. This specification applies only to the data component files.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Scalable Performance Data Engine: Reference
POINTOBS=YES | NO
Specifies whether SAS creates compressed data sets whose observations can be randomly accessed or sequentially accessed.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Data Sets: Reference
PW=password
Assigns a READ, WRITE, or ALTER password to a SAS file, and enables access to a password-protected SAS file.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for UNIX Environments
PW= password
Assigns a READ, WRITE, and ALTER password to a SAS file, and enables access to a password-protected SAS file.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Data Sets: Reference
PWREQ=YES | NO
Specifies whether to display a dialog box to enter a SAS data set password.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Data Sets: Reference
READ= read-password
Assigns a READ password to a SAS file that prevents users from reading the file, unless they enter the password.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Data Sets: Reference
READBUFF= integer
Specifies the number of rows to hold in memory for input into SAS.
Product: Base SAS
Document: Base SAS 9.3 Guide to Information Maps
RENAME=(old-name-1=new-name-1 < ...old-name-n=new-name-n > )
Changes the name of a variable.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Data Sets: Reference
REPEMPTY=YES | NO
Specifies whether a new, empty data set can overwrite an existing SAS data set that has the same name.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Data Sets: Reference
REPLACE=NO | YES
Specifies whether a new SAS data set that contains data can overwrite an existing data set that has the same name.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Data Sets: Reference
REUSE=NO | YES
Specifies whether new observations can be written to freed space in compressed SAS data sets.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Data Sets: Reference
ROLE= FACT | DIMENSION | DIM
Identifies the fact table for a star schema join.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Data Sets: Reference
SGIO= YES| NO
Activates the Scatter and Gather I/O feature for a data set.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for Windows
SORTEDBY= by-clause </ collate-name > | _NULL_
Specifies how a data set is currently sorted.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Data Sets: Reference
SPILL=YES | NO
Specifies whether to create a spill file for non-sequential processing of a DATA step view.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Data Sets: Reference
STARTOBS= n
Specifies the starting observation number in a user-defined range of observations to be processed.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Scalable Performance Data Engine: Reference
SYNCADD=YES|NO
Specifies to process one observation at a time or multiple observations at a time.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Scalable Performance Data Engine: Reference
THREADNUM= n
Specifies the maximum number of I/O threads the SPD Engine can spawn for processing an SPD Engine data set.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Scalable Performance Data Engine: Reference
TOBSNO= n
Specifies the number of observations to send in a client/server transfer.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Data Sets: Reference
TYPE= data-set-type
Specifies the data set type for a specially structured SAS data set.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Data Sets: Reference
UNIQUESAVE=YES|NO
Specifies to save observations with nonunique key values (the rejected observations) to a separate data set when appending or inserting observations to data sets with unique indexes.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Scalable Performance Data Engine: Reference
USEDIRECTIO=
Turns on direct file I/O for a library that contains the file to which the ENABLEDIRECTIO option has been applied.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for UNIX Environments
WHERE=(where-expression-1<logical-operator where-expression-n>)
Specifies specific conditions to use to select observations from a SAS data set.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Data Sets: Reference
WHERENOINDEX=(name1 name2...)
Specifies a list of indexes to exclude when making WHERE expression evaluations.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Scalable Performance Data Engine: Reference
WHEREUP=NO | YES
Specifies whether to evaluate new observations and modified observations against a WHERE expression.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Data Sets: Reference
WRITE= write-password
Assigns a WRITE password to a SAS file that prevents users from writing to a file, unless they enter the password.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS 9.3 Data Sets: Reference

SAS/ACCESS

A B C D E F I K L M N O P Q R S T U

Name
Syntax and Description
AUTHID= authorization-ID
Lets you qualify the specified table with an authorization ID, user ID, or group ID.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
AUTOCOMMIT=YES | NO
Specifies whether to enable the DBMS autocommit capability.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
AUTOCOMMIT=YES | NO
Determines whether the ACCESS engine commits (saves) updates as soon as you submit them.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 Interface to PC Files: Reference
BL_ALLOW_READ_ACCESS=YES | NO
Specifies that the original table data is still visible to readers during bulk load.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_ALLOW_WRITE_ACCESS=YES | NO
Specifies that table data is still accessible to readers and writers while import is in progress.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_BADDATA_FILE= filename
Specifies where to put records that failed to process internally.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_BADFILE= path-and-filename
Identifies a file that contains records that were rejected during bulk load.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_CLIENT_DATAFILE= path-and-data-filename
Specifies the client view of the data file that contains DBMS data for bulk load.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_CODEPAGE= numeric-code-page-ID
Identifies the code page that the DBMS engine uses to convert SAS character data to the current database code page during bulk load.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_CONTROL= path-and-control-filename [Oracle]
BL_CONTROL= path-and-data-filename [Teradata]
Identifies the file that contains control statements.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_COPY_LOCATION= pathname
Specifies the directory to which DB2 saves a copy of the loaded data.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_CPU_PARALLELISM= number of processes or threads
Specifies the number of processes or threads to use when building table objects.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_DATA_BUFFER_SIZE= buffer-size
Specifies the total amount of memory to allocate for the bulk load utility to use as a buffer for transferring data.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_DATAFILE= path-and-data-filename
Identifies the file that contains control statements.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_DATAFILE= path-and-data-filename
Identifies the file that contains DBMS data for bulk load.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_DB2CURSOR='SELECT * from filename'
Specifies a string that contains a valid DB2 SELECT statement that points to either local or remote objects (tables or views).
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_DB2DATACLAS= data-class
Specifies a data class for a new SMS-managed data set.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_DB2DEVT_PERM= unit-specification
Specifies the unit address or generic device type to use for permanent data sets that the LOAD utility creates—also SYSIN, SYSREC, and SYSPRINT when SAS allocates them.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_DB2DEVT_TEMP= unit-specification
Specifies the unit address or generic device type to use for temporary data sets that the LOAD utility creates (Pnch, Copy1, Copy2, RCpy1, RCpy2, Work1, Work2).
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_DB2DISC= data-set-name
Specifies the SYSDISC data set name for the LOAD utility.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_DB2ERR= data-set-name
Specifies the SYSERR data set name for the LOAD utility.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_DB2IN= data-set-name
Specifies the SYSIN data set name for the LOAD utility.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_DB2LDCT1='string'
Specifies a string in the LOAD utility control statement between LOAD DATA and INTO TABLE.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_DB2LDCT2='string'
Specifies a string in the LOAD utility control statement between INTO TABLE and ().
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_DB2LDCT3='string'
Specifies a string in the LOAD utility control statement after ().
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_DB2LDEXT=GENRUN | GENONLY | USERUN
Specifies the mode of execution for the DB2 LOAD utility.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_DB2MAP= data-set-name
Specifies the SYSMAP data set name for the LOAD utility.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_DB2MGMTCLAS= management-class
Specifies a management class for a new SMS-managed data set.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_DB2PRINT= data-set-name
Specifies the SYSPRINT data set name for the LOAD utility.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_DB2PRNLOG=YES | NO
Determines whether to write SYSPRINT output to the SAS log.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_DB2REC= data-set-name
Specifies the SYSREC data set name for the LOAD utility.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_DB2RECSP= primary-allocation
Determines the number of cylinders to specify as the primary allocation for the SYSREC data set when it is created.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_DB2RSTRT=NO | CURRENT | PHASE
Tells the LOAD utility whether the current load is a restart and, if so, indicates where to begin.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_DB2SPC_PERM= primary-allocation
Determines the number of cylinders to specify as the primary allocation for permanent data sets that the LOAD utility creates.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_DB2SPC_TEMP= primary-allocation
Determines the number of cylinders to specify as the primary allocation for temporary data sets that the LOAD utility creates.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_DB2STORCLAS= storage-class
Specifies a storage class for a new SMS-managed data set.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_DB2TBLXST=YES | NO
Indicates whether the LOAD utility runs against an existing table.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_DB2UNITCOUNT= number-of-volumes
Specifies the number of volumes on which data sets can be extended.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_DB2UTID= utility-ID
Specifies a unique identifier for a given run of the DB2 LOAD utility.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_DBNAME='database-name'
Specifies the database name to use for bulk loading.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_DEFAULT_DIR=<host-specific-directory-path>
Specifies where bulk load creates all intermediate files.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_DELETE_DATAFILE=YES | NO
Specifies whether to delete only the data file or all files that the SAS/ACCESS engine creates for the DBMS bulk-load facility.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_DELETE_ONLY_DATAFILE=YES | NO
Specifies whether to delete the data file that the SAS/ACCESS engine creates for the DBMS bulk-load facility.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_DELIMITER='<any-single-character>'
Specifies override of the default delimiter character for separating columns of data during data transfer or retrieval during bulk load or bulk unload.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_DIRECT_PATH=YES | NO
Sets the Oracle SQL*Loader DIRECT option.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_DISCARDFILE= path-and-discard-filename
Identifies the file that contains records that were filtered from bulk load because they did not match the criteria as specified in the CONTROL file.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_DISCARDS= number-of-discarded-records
Specifies whether and when to stop processing a job, based on the number of discarded records.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_DISK_PARALLELISM= number of processes or threads
Specifies the number of processes or threads to use when writing data to disk.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_ENCODING= character-set-encoding
Specifies the character set encoding to use for the external table.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_ERRORS= number-of-failed-records
Specifies whether and when to stop processing a job based on the number of failed records.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_ESCAPE='<any-single-character>'
Specifies the single character to use for C escape sequences.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_EXCEPTION= exception table-name
Specifies the exception table into which rows in error are copied.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_EXECUTE_CMD= command | script
Specifies the operating system command for segment instances to run.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_EXECUTE_LOCATION=ALL | MASTER
| HOST [segment-hostname], number-of-segments | SEGMENT <segmentID>
Specifies which segment instances runs the given command.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_EXTERNAL_WEB=YES | NO
Specifies whether the external data set accesses a dynamic data source.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_FAILEDDATA= filename
Specifies where to put records that could not be written to the database.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_FORCE_NOT_NULL=YES | NO
Specifies how to process CSV column values.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_FORMAT=TEXT | CSV
Specifies the format of the external or web table data.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_HEADER=YES | NO
Indicates whether to skip or load the first record in the input data file.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_HOST='hostname' [Aster nCluster]
BL_HOST='localhost' [Greenplum]
Specifies the host name or IP address of the server where the external data file is stored.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_HOSTNAME= hostname
Specifies the unqualified host name of the HP Neoview machine.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_INDEX_OPTIONS= any valid SQL*Loader Index option segment-name
Lets you specify SQL*Loader Index options with bulk loading.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_INDEXING_MODE=AUTOSELECT | REBUILD | INCREMENTAL | DEFERRED
Indicates which scheme the DB2 load utility should use for index maintenance.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_KEEPIDENTITY=YES | NO
Determines whether the identity column that is created during bulk load is populated with values that Microsoft SQL Server generates or with values that the user provides.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_KEEPNULLS=YES | NO
Indicates how NULL values in Microsoft SQL Server columns that accept NULL are handled during bulk load.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_LOAD_METHOD=INSERT | APPEND | REPLACE | TRUNCATE
Specifies the method by which data is loaded into an Oracle table during bulk loading.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_LOAD_REPLACE=YES | NO
Specifies whether DB2 appends or replaces rows during bulk loading.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_LOCATION=http://file-location
Specifies the location of a file on a Web server for segment hosts to access.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_LOG= path-and-log-filename
Identifies a log file that contains information for bulk load, such as statistics and errors.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_METHOD=CLILOAD
Specifies the bulk-load method to use for DB2.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_NULL='\N' | empty-value
Specifies the string that represents a null value.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_NUM_ROW_SEPS=<integer>
Specifies the number of newline characters to use as the row separator for the load or extract data stream.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_OPTIONS='< option…,option > ' [DB2 under UNIX and PC Hosts, OLE DB, Oracle]
BL_OPTIONS='<< option > > << value> ... '> [Aster nCluster, Netezza, Sybase IQ]
Passes options to the DBMS bulk-load facility, which affects how it loads and processes data.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_PARFILE= < parse-file >
Creates a file that contains the SQL*Loader command-line options.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_PATH='path'
Specifies the path to use for bulk loading.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_PORT= < port >
Specifies the port number to use.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_PORT_MAX= < integer >
Sets the highest available port number for concurrent uploads.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
BL_PORT_MIN= < integer >
Sets the lowest available port number for concurrent uploads.
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BL_PRESERVE_BLANKS=YES | NO
Determines how the SQL*Loader handles requests to insert blank spaces into CHAR/VARCHAR2 columns with the NOT NULL constraint.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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BL_PROTOCOL='gpfdist' | 'file' | 'http'
Specifies the protocol to use.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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BL_QUOTE="
Specifies the quotation character for CSV mode.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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BL_RECOVERABLE=YES | NO
Determines whether the LOAD process is recoverable.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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BL_REJECT_LIMIT= number
Specifies the reject limit count.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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BL_REJECT_TYPE=ROWS | PERCENT
Indicates whether the reject limit count is a number of rows or a percentage of total rows.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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BL_REMOTE_FILE= pathname-and-base-filename
Specifies the base filename and location of DB2 LOAD temporary files.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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BL_RETRIES= number-of-attempts
Specifies the number of attempts to make for a job.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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BL_RETURN_WARNINGS_AS_ERRORS=YES | NO
Specifies whether SQL*Loader (bulk-load) warnings should surface in SAS through the SYSERR macro as warnings or as errors.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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BL_ROWSETSIZE= number-of-records
Specifies the number of records to exchange with the database.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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BL_SERVER_DATAFILE= path-and-data-filename
Specifies the name and location of the data file that the DBMS server instance sees.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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BL_SQLLDR_PATH= pathname
Specifies the location of the SQLLDR executable file.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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BL_STREAMS= < number >
Specifies the value for the HP Neoview Transporter parallel streams option.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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BL_SUPPRESS_NULLIF= <_ALL_=YES | NO>
| ( < column-name-1=YES | NO> < column-name-n=YES | NO> …)
Indicates whether to suppress the NULLIF clause for the specified columns to increase performance when a table is created.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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BL_SYNCHRONOUS=YES | NO
Specifies how to process source file record sets.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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BL_SYSTEM= unqualified-systemname
Specifies the unqualified name of the primary segment on an HP Neoview system.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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BL_TENACITY= number-of-seconds
Specifies how long the HP Neoview Transporter waits before trying again.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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BL_TRIGGER=YES | NO
Specifies whether to enable triggers on a table when loading jobs.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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BL_TRUNCATE=YES | NO
Specifies whether the HP Neoview Transporter truncates target tables (when loading) or target data files (when extracting) before job processing begins.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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BL_USE_PIPE=YES | NO
Specifies a named pipe for data transfer.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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BL_WARNING_COUNT= warning-count
Specifies the maximum number of row warnings to allow before the load fails.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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BUFFERS= number-of-shared-memory-buffers
Specifies the number of shared memory buffers to use for transferring data from SAS to Teradata.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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BULK_BUFFER= numeric-value
Specifies the number of bulk rows that the SAS/ACCESS engine can buffer for output.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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BULKEXTRACT=YES | NO
Rapidly retrieves (fetches) large number of rows from a data set.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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BULKLOAD=YES | NO
Loads rows of data as one unit.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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BULKUNLOAD=YES | NO
Rapidly retrieves (fetches) large number of rows from a data set.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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CAST=YES | NO
Specifies whether SAS or the Teradata DBMS server should perform data conversions.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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CAST_OVERHEAD_MAXPERCENT= <n>
Specifies the overhead limit for data conversions to perform in Teradata instead of SAS.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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COMMAND_TIMEOUT= number-of-seconds
Specifies the number of seconds to wait before a command times out.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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COMMAND_TIMEOUT= number-of-seconds
Specifies the number of seconds to wait before a command times out.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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CURSOR_TYPE=DYNAMIC | FORWARD_ONLY | KEYSET_DRIVEN | STATIC
Specifies the cursor type for read only and updatable cursors.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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CURSOR_TYPE=KEYSET_DRIVEN | STATIC
Specifies the cursor type for read-only cursors and for cursors to be updated.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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You can specify SAS/ACCESS data set options on a SAS data set when you access PC files data with the LIBNAME Statement Syntax for PC Files on Linux and UNIX.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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DB_ONE_CONNECT_PER_THREAD=YES | NO
Specifies whether to limit the number of connections to the DBMS server for a threaded read.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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DBCOMMIT= n
Causes an automatic COMMIT (a permanent writing of data to the DBMS) after a specified number of rows are processed.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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DBCOMMIT= number-of-rows
Enables you to issue a commit statement automatically after a specified number of rows have been processed.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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DBCONDITION= "DBMS-SQL-query-clause"
Specifies criteria for subsetting and ordering DBMS data.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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DBCONDITION= SQL-query-clause
Specifies criteria for subsetting and ordering data.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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DBCONSTRAINT='DBMS-SQL-clauses'
Provides table-level definitions to specify when a table is created.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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DBCREATE_TABLE_OPTS= 'DBMS-SQL-clauses'
Specifies DBMS-specific syntax to add to the CREATE TABLE statement.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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DBCREATE_TABLE_OPTS= 'SQL-clauses'
Specifies data source-specific syntax to add to the CREATE TABLE statement.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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DBENCODING= 12–byte SAS encoding-value
Specifies the encoding character set to use in the Microsoft Access database or in the Microsoft Excel workbook.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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DBFORCE=YES | NO
Specifies whether to force data truncation during insert processing.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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DBFORCE= YES | NO
Specifies whether to force the truncation of data during insert processing.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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DBGEN_NAME=DBMS | SAS
Specifies how SAS automatically renames columns (when they contain characters that SAS does not allow, such as $) to valid SAS variable names.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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DBGEN_NAME=DBMS | SAS
Specifies whether to rename columns automatically when they contain disallowed characters.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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DBINDEX=YES | NO | <'>index-name<'>
Detects and verifies that indexes exist on a DBMS table.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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DBKEY=(<'> column-1 <'> <… <'> column-n <'> > )
Specifies a key column to optimize DBMS retrieval.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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DBKEY= < ('column-1' ... 'column-n') >
Improves performance for a join with a large source table and a small SAS data set (specifies a column to use as an index).
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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DBLABEL=YES | NO
Specifies whether to use SAS variable labels or SAS variable names as the DBMS column names during output processing.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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DBLABEL=YES | NO
Specifies whether to use SAS variable labels as data source column names during output processing.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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DBLINK= database-link
Specifies a link from your local database to database objects on another server [Oracle]. Specifies a link from your default database to another database on the server to which you are connected [Sybase].
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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DBMASTER=YES
Designates which table is the larger table when you are processing a join that involves tables from two different types of databases.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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DBMAX_TEXT= integer
Determines the length of any very long DBMS character data type that is read into SAS or written from SAS when you are using a SAS/ACCESS engine.
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DBMAX_TEXT= integer
Determines the length of a very long data source character data type that is read into SAS or written from SAS when you are using a SAS/ACCESS engine.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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DBNULL= <_ALL_=YES | NO >
| ( < column-name-1=YES | NO> <…< column-name-n=YES | NO> > )
Indicates whether NULL is a valid value for the specified columns when a table is created.
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DBNULL=
(< column-name-1 > =YES|NO
< column-name-n > =YES|NO
< _ALL_ > =YES|NO)
Specifies whether NULL is a valid value for the specified columns when a table is created.
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DBNULLKEYS=YES | NO
Controls the format of the WHERE clause with regard to NULL values when you use the DBKEY= data set option.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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DBNULLKEYS= YES | NO
Controls the format of the WHERE clause when you use the DBKEY data set option.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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DBPROMPT=YES | NO
Specifies whether SAS displays a window that prompts you to enter DBMS connection information.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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DBSASLABEL=COMPAT | NONE
Specifies how the engine returns column labels.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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DBSASLABEL= COMPAT | NONE
Specifies whether SAS/ACCESS saves the data source's column names as SAS label names.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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DBSASTYPE= (column-name-1=<'> SAS-data-type <'>
< column-name-n=<'> SAS-data-type <'> > )
Specifies data types to override the default SAS data types during input processing.
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DBSASTYPE=(< column-name-1 > =< SAS data-type > ...< column-name-n > =
< SAS data-type > )
Specifies data type(s) to override the default SAS data type(s) during input processing of data.
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DBSLICE=("WHERE-clause-1" "WHERE-clause-2" < ... " WHERE-clause-n"> )
DBSLICE=(< server=> "WHERE-clause-1" < server=> "
WHERE-clause-2" < … < server=> " WHERE-clause-n"> )
Specifies user-supplied WHERE clauses to partition a DBMS query for threaded reads.
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DBSLICEPARM=NONE | THREADED_APPS | ALL
DBSLICEPARM=( NONE | THREADED_APPS | ALL< max-threads > )
DBSLICEPARM=( NONE | THREADED_APPS | ALL<, max-threads > )
Controls the scope of DBMS threaded reads and the number of DBMS connections.
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DBTYPE=(column-name-1=<'> DBMS-type <'>
< …column-name-n=<'> DBMS-type <'> > )
Specifies a data type to use instead of the default DBMS data type when SAS creates a DBMS table.
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DBTYPE=(< column-name-1 > =< data-source-type > ...
< column-name-1 > =< data-source-type > )
Specifies a data type to use instead of the default data source data type when SAS creates a data source table.
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DEGREE=ANY | 1
Determines whether DB2 uses parallelism.
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DIMENSION=YES | NO
Specifies whether the database creates dimension tables or fact tables.
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DISTRIBUTE_ON='column-1 <... ,column-n>' | RANDOM
Specifies a column name to use in the DISTRIBUTE ON clause of the CREATE TABLE statement.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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DISTRIBUTED_BY='column-1 <... ,column-n>' | RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED
Uses one or multiple columns to distribute table rows across database segments.
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ERRLIMIT= integer
Specifies the number of errors that are allowed before SAS stops processing and issues a rollback.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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ERRLIMIT= integer
Specifies the number of errors that are allowed before SAS stops processing and issues a rollback.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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ESCAPE_BACKSLASH=YES | NO
Specifies whether backslashes in literals are preserved during data copy from a SAS data set to a table.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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FETCH_IDENTITY=YES | NO
Returns the value of the last inserted identity value.
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IGNORE_READ_ONLY_COLUMNS=YES | NO
Specifies whether to ignore or include columns whose data types are read-only when generating an SQL statement for inserts or updates.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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IN= 'database-name.tablespace-name'|'DATABASE database-name'
Lets you specify the database or table space in which you want to create a new table.
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INSERT_SQL=YES | NO
Determines the method to use to insert rows into a data source.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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INSERT_SQL=YES | NO
Determines the method to use to insert rows into a data source.
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INSERTBUFF= positive-integer
Specifies the number of rows in a single DBMS insert.
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INSERTBUFF= number-of-rows
Specifies the number of rows in a single insert.
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KEYSET_SIZE= number-of-rows
Specifies the number of rows in the cursor that the keyset drives.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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LOCATION= location-name
Lets you further specify exactly where a table resides.
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LOCKTABLE=EXCLUSIVE | SHARE
Places exclusive or shared locks on tables.
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MBUFSIZE= size-of-shared-memory-buffers
Specifies the size of the shared memory buffers to use for transferring data from SAS to Teradata.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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ML_CHECKPOINT= checkpoint-rate
Specifies the interval between checkpoint operations in minutes.
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ML_ERROR1= temporary-table-name
Specifies the name of a temporary table that MultiLoad uses to track errors that were generated during the acquisition phase of a bulk-load operation.
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ML_ERROR2= temporary-table-name
Specifies the name of a temporary table that MultiLoad uses to track errors that were generated during the application phase of a bulk-load operation.
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ML_LOG= prefix-for-MultiLoad-temporary-tables
Specifies a prefix for the names of the temporary tables that MultiLoad uses during a bulk-load operation.
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ML_RESTART= temporary-table-name
Specifies the name of a temporary table that MultiLoad uses to track checkpoint information.
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ML_WORK= temporary-table-name
Specifies the name of a temporary table that MultiLoad uses to store intermediate data.
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MULTILOAD=YES | NO
Specifies whether Teradata Insert and Append operations should use the Teradata MultiLoad utility.
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MULTISTMT=YES | NO
Specifies whether insert statements are sent to Teradata one at a time or in a group.
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NULLCHAR=SAS | YES | NO
Indicates how missing SAS character values are handled during insert, update, DBINDEX=, and DBKEY= processing.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
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NULLCHAR= YES | NO
Indicates how SAS character missing values are handled during insert, update, and DBKEY= processing.
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NULLCHARVAL= 'character-string'
Defines the character string that replaces missing SAS character values during insert, update, DBINDEX=, and DBKEY= processing.
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NULLCHARVAL= < 'character-string' >
Defines the character string that replaces SAS character missing values during insert, update, and DBKEY= processing.
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OR_PARTITION= name of a partition in a partitioned Oracle table
Allows reading, updating, and deleting from a particular partition in a partitioned table, also inserting and bulk loading into a particular partition in a partitioned table.
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OR_UPD_NOWHERE=YES | NO
Specifies whether SAS uses an extra WHERE clause when updating rows with no locking.
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ORHINTS= 'Oracle-hint'
Specifies Oracle hints to pass to Oracle from a SAS statement or SQL procedure.
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PARTITION_KEY='column-name'
Specifies the column name to use as the partition key for creating fact tables.
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PRESERVE_COL_NAMES=YES | NO
Preserves spaces, special characters, and case sensitivity in DBMS column names when you create DBMS tables.
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QUALIFIER= <qualifier-name>
Specifies the qualifier to use when you are reading database objects, such as DBMS tables and views.
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QUERY_BAND=pair-name=pair_value” FOR TRANSACTION;
Specifies whether to set a query band for the current transaction.
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QUERY_TIMEOUT= number-of-seconds
Specifies the number of seconds of inactivity to wait before canceling a query.
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READ_ISOLATION_LEVEL= DBMS-specific-value
Specifies which level of read isolation locking to use when you are reading data.
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READ_LOCK_TYPE=ROW | PAGE | TABLE | NOLOCK | VIEW
Specifies how data in a DBMS table is locked during a read transaction.
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READ_MODE_WAIT=YES | NO
Specifies during SAS/ACCESS Read operations whether Teradata waits to acquire a lock or fails your request when a different user has locked the DBMS resource.
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READBUFF= integer
Specifies the number of rows of DBMS data to read into the buffer.
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READBUFF= < number-of-rows >
Specifies the number of rows of data to read into the buffer.
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SASDATEFMT=(DBMS-date-col-1='SAS-date-format'
< … DBMS-date-col-n='SAS-date-format' > )
Changes the SAS date format of a DBMS column.
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SASDATEFMT=(< data-source-date-column-1 > =< SAS date-format > ...
< data-source-date-column-n > =< SAS date-format > )
Changes the SAS date format of a data source column.
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SCHEMA= schema-name
Allows reading of such database objects as tables and views in the specified schema.
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SEGMENT_NAME= segment-name
Lets you control the segment in which you create a table.
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SESSIONS= number-of-sessions
Specifies how many Teradata sessions to be logged on when using FastLoad, FastExport, or Multiload.
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SET=YES | NO
Specifies whether duplicate rows are allowed when creating a table.
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SLEEP= number-of-minutes
Specifies the number of minutes that MultiLoad waits before it retries logging in to Teradata.
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TEMPORAL_QUALIFIER=CURRENT VALIDTIME
| VALIDTIME AS OF PERIOD 'period' | SEQUENCED VALIDTIME
| NONSEQUENCED VALIDTIME 'period'
TEMPORAL_QUALIFIER=CURRENT TRANSACTIONTIME
| TRANSACTIONTIME AS OF PERIOD 'period'
| NONSEQUENCED TRANSACTIONTIME
Specifies time-dimension criteria for retrieving data from Teradata.
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TENACITY= number-of-hours
Specifies how many hours MultiLoad continues to retry logging on to Teradata if the maximum number of Teradata utilities are already running.
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TPT=YES | NO
Specifies whether SAS uses the TPT API to load data for Fastload, MultiLoad, or Multi-Statement insert requests.
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TPT_APPL_PHASE=YES | NO
Specifies whether a load process that is being restarted has failed in the application phase.
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TPT_BUFFER_SIZE= integer
Specifies the output buffer size in kilobytes when SAS sends data to Teradata with Fastload or MultiLoad using the TPT API.
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TPT_CHECKPOINT_DATA= checkpoint_data_in_error_message
Specifies the checkpoint data to return to Teradata when restarting a failed MultiLoad or Multi-Statement step that uses the TPT API.
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TPT_DATA_ENCRYPTION=YES | NO
Specifies whether to fully encrypt SQL requests, responses, and data when SAS sends data to Teradata for Fastload, MultiLoad, or Multi-Statement insert that uses the TPT API.
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TPT_ERROR_TABLE_1= valid_teradata_table_name
Specifies the name of the first error table for SAS to use when using the TPT API with Fastload or MultiLoad.
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TPT_ERROR_TABLE_2= valid_teradata_table_name
Specifies the name of the second error table for SAS to use when using the TPT API with Fastload or MultiLoad.
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TPT_LOG_TABLE= valid_teradata_table_name
Specifies the name of the restart log table for SAS to use when using the TPT API with Fastload, MultiLoad, or Multi-Statement insert.
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TPT_MAX_SESSIONS= integer
Specifies the maximum number of sessions for Teradata to use when using the TPT API with FastLoad, MultiLoad, or Multi-Statement insert.
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TPT_MIN_SESSIONS= integer
Specifies the minimum number of sessions for Teradata to use when using the TPT API with FastLoad, MultiLoad, or Multi-Statement insert.
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TPT_PACK= integer
Specifies the number of statements to pack into a Multi-Statement insert request when using the TPT API.
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TPT_PACKMAXIMUM= YES | NO
Specifies whether to pack the maximum possible or default number of statements into Multi-Statement insert requests when using the TPT API.
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TPT_RESTART=YES | NO
Specifies that a failed Fastload, MultiLoad, or Multi-Statement run that used the TPT API is being restarted.
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Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
TPT_TRACE_LEVEL= integer
Specifies the required tracing level for sending data to Teradata and using the TPT API with Fastload, MultiLoad, or Multi-Statement insert.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
TPT_TRACE_LEVEL_INF= integer
Specifies the tracing level for the required infrastructure for sending data to Teradata and using the TPT API with Fastload, MultiLoad, or Multi-Statement insert.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
TPT_TRACE_OUTPUT= integer
Specifies the name of the external file for SAS to use for tracing when using the TPT API with Fastload, MultiLoad, or Multi-Statement insert.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
TPT_WORK_TABLE= valid_teradata_table_name
Specifies the name of the work table for SAS to use when using the TPT API with MultiLoad.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
TRAP151=YES | NO
Enables removal of columns that cannot be updated from a FOR UPDATE OF clause so that update of columns can proceed as normal.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
UPDATE_ISOLATION_LEVEL= DBMS-specific-value
Defines the degree of isolation of the current application process from other concurrently running application processes.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
UPDATE_LOCK_TYPE=ROW | PAGE | TABLE | NOLOCK | VIEW
Specifies how data in a DBMS table is locked during an update transaction.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
UPDATE_MODE_WAIT=YES | NO
Specifies during SAS/ACCESS Update operations whether the DBMS waits to acquire a lock or fails your request when a different user has locked the DBMS resource.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
UPDATE_SQL=YES | NO
Determines which method to use to update and delete rows in a data source.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference
UPDATEBUFF= positive-integer
Specifies the number of rows that are processed in a single DBMS Update or Delete operation.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS 9.3 for Relational Databases: Reference

SAS/ACCESS Interface to R/3

B D N R

Name
Syntax and Description
BATCH= 0 | 1 | Y | N
Specifies whether SAS uses SAP batch jobs for data extracts.
Product: SAS/ACCESS Interface to R/3
Document: SAS/ACCESS 4.4 Interface to R/3: User's Guide
DBCONDITION= "DBMS-SQL-query-clause"
Specifies criteria for subsetting and ordering DBMS data.
Product: SAS/ACCESS Interface to R/3
Document: SAS/ACCESS 4.4 Interface to R/3: User's Guide
DBGEN_NAME= DBMS | SAS
Specifies how SAS automatically renames columns (when they contain characters that SAS does not allow, such as $) to valid SAS variable names.
Product: SAS/ACCESS Interface to R/3
Document: SAS/ACCESS 4.4 Interface to R/3: User's Guide
DBKEY= (<'> column-1 <'> < ... <'>column-n<'> >)
Specifies a key column to optimize DBMS retrieval.
Product: SAS/ACCESS Interface to R/3
Document: SAS/ACCESS 4.4 Interface to R/3: User's Guide
DBMASTER=YES
Designates which is the larger table when you process a join of tables from two different types of databases.
Product: SAS/ACCESS Interface to R/3
Document: SAS/ACCESS 4.4 Interface to R/3: User's Guide
NULLCHAR= SAS | YES | NO
Indicates how missing SAS character values are handled during insert, update, DBINDEX=, and DBKEY= processing.
Product: SAS/ACCESS Interface to R/3
Document: SAS/ACCESS 4.4 Interface to R/3: User's Guide
NULLCHARVAL= 'character-string'
Defines the character string that replaces missing SAS character values during insert, update, DBINDEX=, and DBKEY= processing.
Product: SAS/ACCESS Interface to R/3
Document: SAS/ACCESS 4.4 Interface to R/3: User's Guide
REREAD_EXPOSURE= NO | YES
Specifies whether the SAS/ACCESS engine behaves like a random-access engine for the scope of the LIBNAME statement.
Product: SAS/ACCESS Interface to R/3
Document: SAS/ACCESS 4.4 Interface to R/3: User's Guide