| ACCESS Procedure Reference |
Creates an access descriptor or a view descriptor.
| Applies to: |
access descriptors and view descriptors
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CREATE
libref.member-name.ACCESS|VIEW;
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To
create a descriptor, use a three-level name. The first level of the name is
the libref of the SAS library in which you want to store the descriptor. You
can store the descriptor in a temporary (WORK) or permanent SAS library. The
second level of the name is the access descriptor's name (that is, the member
name). The third level of the name is the type of SAS file: ACCESS, for access
descriptors, and VIEW, for view descriptors.
You can use the same CREATE statement to create access
descriptors and view descriptors (specify the view descriptors directly following
the access descriptors that they describe), unless you specify the ACCDESC=
option in the PROC ACCESS statement. Then, the CREATE statement will create
only view descriptors.
When you submit a CREATE statement for processing, the SAS/ACCESS interface
checks the statement for errors. The descriptor is not actually written until
the next CREATE or RUN statement is processed. If the SAS/ACCESS interface
finds errors, error messages are written to the SAS log and processing is
terminated. After you correct the error, re-submit the statements for processing.
The database-identification and DROP statements cannot
be specified when creating a view descriptor.
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