SORTPGM System Option: Windows
Specifies the sort utility that is used in the SORT
procedure.
| Valid in: |
configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, SAS
System Options window
|
| Category: |
Sort: Procedure options |
| PROC OPTIONS GROUP= |
SORT |
| Default: |
BEST |
| Windows specifics: |
all |
Syntax
-SORTPGM SAS | BEST | HOST
SORTPGM = SAS | BEST | HOST
Required Arguments
- SAS
-
tells SAS to sort by
using the SAS sort routine.
- BEST
-
tells SAS to determine
the best sort routine to sort the data: a database sort, the SAS sort,
or SyncSort. When SAS determines that the sort is not to be done by
the database, SAS looks at the values for both SORTCUT and SORTCUTP.
If they both are set to zero, the SAS sort is used. If both options
are set and either condition is met, SAS uses the SyncSort routine.
- HOST
-
tells SAS to sort by
using SyncSort for Windows.