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Usage Note 66888: SAS/ACCESS® Interface to Microsoft SQL now supports the PRESERVE_GUID LIBNAME option
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The LIBNAME option PRESERVE_GUID is now supported with SAS/ACCESS Interface to Microsoft SQL.
The option specifies whether to return GUID data type columns embedded inside of curly brackets: { }
Syntax
PRESERVE_GUID=YES | NO
Syntax Description
YES removes the brackets that are around the GUID: 6F9619FF-8B86-D011-B42D-00C04FC964FF
NO retains the brackets that are around the GUID: {6F9619FF-8B86-D011-B42D-00C04FC964FF}
Example:
Libname sqllib sqlsvr dsn=mydsn user=myuser pw=mypasswd PRESERVE_GUID=NO;
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Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS/ACCESS Interface to Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 |
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 10 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||