Data Set Options under OpenVMS |
Specifies a password for a SAS file that prevents users from replacing
or deleting the file, but permits READ and WRITE access.
Default: |
none
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Valid in: |
DATA step and PROC step
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Category: |
Data Set Control
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Engines: |
V9, V8, V7, V6, V9TAPE, V8TAPE, V7TAPE
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OpenVMS specifics: |
the TAPE engines ignore alter-password
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See: |
ALTER= Data Set Option in the
SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
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- alter-password
-
must be a valid SAS name. See "Rules for
Words and Names in the SAS Language" in
SAS Language Reference: Concepts.
The ALTER= data set option applies to all types of SAS
files except catalogs. You can use this option to assign an alternate password
to a SAS file or to access a read-only file.
Note: Under OpenVMS, TAPES
engine ignore alter-password. ![[cautionend]](../../../../common/63294/HTML/default/images/cautend.gif)
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