Specifies whether the interface behaves like a random access engine for the scope of the LIBNAME statement.
| Valid in: | LIBNAME statement |
| Default: | NO |
| Supports: | All |
specifies that the engine behaves as a sequential engine with limited random access. This means that your data is protected by the normal data protection that SAS provides.
specifies that the engine behaves like a random access engine when rereading a row so that you cannot guarantee that the same row is returned. For example, if you read row 5 and someone else deletes it, then the next time you read row 5, you will read a different row. You have the potential for data integrity exposures within the scope of your SAS session.