Specifies the permanent buffer page size for output SAS data sets.
| Valid in: | configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, SAS System Options window |
| Category: | Files: SAS Files |
| PROC OPTIONS GROUP= | SASFILES, PERFORMANCE |
| Default: | 0 |
| Windows specifics: | Valid values for n |
| See: | BUFNO= System Option in SAS System Options: Reference |
specifies the buffer
page size 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 buffer
page size as a hexadecimal value. You must specify the value beginning
with a number (0–9), followed by an X. For example, the value 2dx sets
the buffer page size to 45 bytes.
sets the buffer page size to 2,147,483,647 bytes.