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LIBNAME statement support for WebDAV servers will be available for use 
in SAS® 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3) with hot fix D9BA08, which is currently 
under production. 
 
The LIBNAME statement is being extended to allow access to content 
stored in a Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) server. 
 
Syntax 
 
LIBNAME libref &ltengine> 'SAS-library' &ltoptions> WEBDAV USER="user-ID" 
         PASSWORD="user-password"; 
 
Where 'SAS-library' specifies the URL location (path) on a WebDAV 
server. The URL specifies either HTTP or HTTPS communication protocols. 
 
Only one data library is supported when using the WebDAV extension to 
libnames. REMOTE engines are not supported with the WebDAV options. 
 
 
WebDAV Specific Options 
 
WEBDAV 
specifies that the libref accesses a WebDAV server. 
 
USER="user-ID" 

specifies the user name for access to the WebDAV server. The user-ID is 
case-sensitive, so it must be in single or double quotes. 
Alias:       UID 
 
PASSWORD="user-password" 
specifies a password for the user to access the WebDAV server. The 
user-password is case-sensitive, so it must be in single or double 
quotes. 
Alias:       PWD=, PW=, PASS= 
 
 
Data Set Options 
 
The following table lists the data set options that have different 
functionality when using a WebDAV server. All other data set options 
will function as described in the SAS Language: Reference. 
 
Data Set Option Functionality with WebDAV 
 
Data Set Option  WebDAV Storage Functionality 
 
CNTLLEV=         LIB locks all data sets in the library prior to writing 
                 the data into the local cache. All members are unlocked 
                 once the data step has completed and the data set has 
                 been written back to the WebDAV server. 
 
                 MEM locks the member prior to writing the data into the 
                 local cache. Member is unlocked once the data step has 
                 completed and the data has been written back to the 
                 WebDAV server. 
 
                 REC is not supported. WebDAV will only allow updates to 
                 the entire data set. 
 
FILECLOSE        VxTAPE engine is not supported, therefore this option 
                 is ignored. 
 
GENMAX=          This functionality is not supported because the maximum 
                 number of revisions to keep cannot be specified in 
                 WebDAV. 
 
GENNUM=          If present, the specific version specified isnot 
                 retrieved from the WebDAV server for read-only access. 
 
IDXNAME=         Users can specify an index to use if one exists. 
                 However, to use this option, you need to 
                 have accessed the data set (to get it locally) then 
                 created an index so that it would be available. 
 
INDEX=           Indexes may be created in the local cache and used in 
                 subsequent DATA steps. 
 
TOBSNO=          Remote engines are not supported, so this option 
                 is not needed. 
 
 
Details 
 
When accessing a WebDAV server, the file is pulled from the WebDAV 
server to your local disk storage for processing. When you complete the 
updating, the file is pushed back to the WebDAV server for storage. The 
file is removed from the local disk storage when it is pushed back. 
 
Example 
 
The following example associates the libref davdata with the WebDAV 
directory /users/mydir/datadir on the WebDAV server www.webserver.com: 
 
libname davdata v9 "https://www.webserver.com/users/mydir/datadir" 
        webdav user="mydir" pw="12345"; 
 
 
A fix for SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3) for this issue is available at: 
 
http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/e9_sbcs_prod_list.html#013763 
 
For customers running SAS with Asian Language Support (DBCS), this 
fix should be downloaded from: 
 
http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/e9_dbcs_prod_list.html#013763 

Operating System and Release Information

A fix for SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3) for this issue is available at:

A fix for SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3) with Asian Language Support (DBCS) for this issue is available at :