specifies that an additional
backslash is inserted in every literal value that already contains
a backslash.
NO
specifies that backslashes
that exist in literal values are not preserved. An error results.
Details
MySQL uses the backslash
as an escape character. When data that is copied from a SAS data set
to a MySQL table contains backslashes in literal values, the MySQL
interface can preserve these if ESCAPE_BACKSLASH=YES.