SAS System Options under Windows

SORTPGM System Option: Windows

Specifies the sort utility that is used in the SORT procedure.

Default:	BEST
Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, SAS System Options window
Category:	Sort: Procedure options
PROC OPTIONS GROUP=	SORT
Windows specifics:	all

Syntax
See Also

Syntax

-SORTPGM SAS | BEST | HOST

SORTPGM = SAS | BEST | HOST

SAS: tells SAS to sort by using the SAS sort routine.
BEST: tells SAS to determine the best sort routine to sort the data: a database sort, the SAS sort, or SyncSort. When SAS determines that the sort is not to be done by the database, SAS looks at the values for both SORTCUT and SORTCUTP. If they both are set to zero, the SAS sort is used. If both options are set and either condition is met, SAS uses the SyncSort routine.
HOST: tells SAS to sort by using SyncSort for Windows.