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OVERRIDE= Option

The OVERRIDE= option in the COPY statement of the DATASETS procedure is preproduction in SAS 9.3.

OVERRIDE=(<OUTREP=value><ENCODING=value>)
overrides specified output data set options copied from the input data set. The OVERRIDE option is a preproduction feature.

Restriction: The OVERRIDE option cannot be specified if the NOCLONE option is used.

Tip: When copying a data set stored in another host data representation or encoding, the default (or CLONE) behavior of COPY is to preserve the other host data representation or encoding in the new copy of the data set. By specifying OVERRIDE=(OUTREP=SESSION ENCODING=SESSION) on the COPY statement, the new copy of the data set is created in the host data representation and encoding of the SAS session executing the COPY.

For OUTREP= and ENCODING= values, see SAS Data Set Options: Reference.

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