Specifies the data size in bytes above which SAS uses the host sort instead of the internal SAS sort.
Valid in: | configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, SAS System Options window |
Category: | Sort: Procedure Options |
PROC OPTIONS GROUP= | SORT |
Default: | 0 |
Windows specifics: | all |
specifies the number
of bytes in multiples of 1; 1,024 (kilobytes); 1,048,576 (megabytes);
and 1,073,741,824 (gigabytes), respectively. You can specify decimal
values for the number of kilobytes, megabytes, or gigabytes. For example,
a value of 8
specifies 8 bytes, a value of .782k
specifies
801 bytes, and a value of 3m
specifies 3,145,728
bytes.
specifies the number
of bytes as a hexadecimal value. You must specify the value beginning
with a number (0–9), followed by an X. For example, the value 2dx
specifies
45 bytes.
specifies 0 bytes.
specifies 2,147,483,647 bytes.