The format publishing
macros deploy, or publish, the PUT function implementation to the
database as a new function named SAS_PUT(). The format publishing
macros also publish both user-defined formats that you create using
PROC FORMAT and most formats that SAS supplies. The SAS_PUT() function
supports the use of SAS formats. You can use the function in SQL queries
that SAS submits to the database so that the entire SQL query can
be processed inside the database. You can also use it in conjunction
with in-database procedures.
You can use this option
with the SQLREDUCEPUT=, SQLREDUCEPUTOBS, and SQLREDUCEPUTVALUES= system
options. For more information about these options, see the
SAS SQL Procedure User’s Guide.