Specifies whether to extend the maximum observation count in a new output SAS data set.
| Valid in: | CREATE TABLE statement |
| Category: | Table Control |
| Alias: | EOC= |
| Default: | YES |
| Data source: | SAS data set |
requests an enhanced file format in a newly created SAS data set that counts observations beyond the 32-bit limitation. Although this SAS data set is created for an operating environment that stores the number of observations with a 32-bit integer, the data set behaves like a 64-bit file with respect to counters. This is the default value.
| Restrictions | EXTENDOBSCOUNTER=YES is valid only for an output SAS data set whose internal data representation stores the observation count as a 32-bit integer. EXTENDOBSCOUNTER= is ignored for SAS data sets with a 64-bit integer. |
| A SAS data set that is created with an extended observation count is incompatible with releases prior to SAS 9.3. |
specifies that the maximum observation count in a newly created SAS data file is determined by the long integer size for the operating environment. In operating environments with a 32-bit integer, the maximum number is 2**31-1 or approximately two billion observations (2,147,483,647). In operating environments with a 64-bit integer, the maximum number is 2**63-1 or approximately 9.2 quintillion observations.