URLENCODING= System Option
Specifies whether the argument to the URLENCODE
function and to the URLDECODE function is interpreted using the SAS
session encoding or UTF-8 encoding.
Valid in: |
Configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, SAS
System Options window
|
Category: |
Environment control: Language control |
PROC OPTIONS GROUP= |
LANGUAGECONTROL |
Note: |
This option can be restricted by a site administrator. For more information,
see Restricted Options. |
Syntax
Syntax Description
- SESSION
-
specifies that the
argument to the URLENCODE function and to the URLDECODE function is
interpreted using the SAS session encoding. This is the default.
Note:SAS session encoding uses the URL encoding standard RFC
1738.
Tip:SESSION is compatible with previous releases of SAS.
- UTF8
-
specifies that the
argument to the URLENCODE function and to the URLDECODE function is
interpreted using UTF-8 encoding.
Note:UTF-8 encoding uses the URL encoding standard RFC 3986.