You can submit DATA steps and
PROC steps to do the following:
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store and apply SAS formats and informats for a
SAS data set.
Note: The engine does not support
file replacement, which means that you cannot overwrite an existing
file to change a stored SAS format. However, you can submit the FORMAT
statement to display the data with a different format.
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apply SAS formats and informats
for DB2, Greenplum, MySQL, ODBC databases, Oracle, and Teradata. You
cannot store SAS formats or informats for those data sources.
When a table is created,
the engine validates a specified SAS format or informat name. Both
formats and informats that are supplied by SAS as well as user-defined
formats and informats can be used.