SAS/ACCESS 9.2 for Relational Databases: Reference, Fourth Edition

The LIBNAME Statement for Relational Databases 4 LIBNAME Statement Syntax for Relational Databases 89LIBNAME Statement Syntax for Relational DatabasesAssociates a SAS libref with a DBMS database, schema, server, or a group of tables and views.Valid:AnywhereSyntaxu LIBNAME libref engine-name;v LIBNAME libref CLEAR|_ALL_ CLEAR;w LIBNAME libref LIST|_ALL_ LIST;ArgumentsThe SAS/ACCESS LIBNAME statement takes the following arguments:librefis any SAS name that serves as an alias to associate SAS with a database, schema,server, or group of tables and views. Like the global SAS LIBNAME statement, theSAS/ACCESS LIBNAME statement creates shortcuts or nicknames for data storagelocations. While a SAS libref is an alias for a virtual or physical directory, aSAS/ACCESS libref is an alias for the DBMS database, schema, or server whereyour tables and views are stored.engine-nameis the SAS/ACCESS engine name for your DBMS, such as oracle or db2. The enginename is required. Because the SAS/ACCESS LIBNAME statement associates a librefwith a SAS/ACCESS engine that supports connections to a particular DBMS, itrequires a DBMS-specific engine name. See the DBMS-specific reference section fordetails.SAS/ACCESS-connection-optionsprovide connection information and control how SAS manages the timing andconcurrence of the connection to the DBMS; these arguments are different for eachdatabase. For example, to connect to an Oracle database, your connection options areUSER=, PASSWORD=, and PATH=:libname myoralib oracle user=testuser password=testpass path=’voyager’;If the connection options contain characters that are not allowed in SAS names,enclose the values of the arguments in quotation marks. On some DBMSs, if youspecify the appropriate system options or environment variables for your database,you can omit the connection options. For detailed information about connectionoptions for your DBMS, see the reference section for your SAS/ACCESS interface .SAS/ACCESS-LIBNAME-optionsdefine how DBMS objects are processed by SAS. Some LIBNAME options canenhance performance; others determine locking or naming behavior. For example,the PRESERVE_COL_NAMES= option lets you specify whether to preserve spaces,special characters, and mixed case in DBMS column names when creating tables.The availability and default behavior of many of these options are DBMS-specific.For a list of the LIBNAME options that are available for your DBMS, see the