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

The LIBNAME Statement for Relational Databases 4 ADJUST_BYTE_SEMANTIC_COLUMN_LENGTHS= LIBNAME Option 93options that you specify on individual SAS data sets, see “About the Data Set Optionsfor Relational Databases” on page 207. For general information about the LIBNAMEstatement, see “LIBNAME Statement Syntax for Relational Databases” on page 89.Many LIBNAME options are also available for use with the SQL pass-throughfacility. See the section on the SQL pass-through facility in the documentation for yourSAS/ACCESS interface to determine which LIBNAME options are available in the SQLpass-through facility for your DBMS. For general information about SQL pass-through,see “Overview of the SQL Pass-Through Facility” on page 425.For a list of the LIBNAME options available in your SAS/ACCESS interface, see thedocumentation for your SAS/ACCESS interface.When a like-named option is specified in both the LIBNAME statement and after adata set name, SAS uses the value that is specified on the data set name.ACCESS= LIBNAME OptionDetermines the access level with which a libref connection is opened.Default value: noneValid in: SAS/ACCESS LIBNAME statementDBMS support: Aster nCluster, DB2 under UNIX and PC Hosts, DB2 under z/OS,Greenplum, HP Neoview, Informix, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Netezza, ODBC,OLE DB, Oracle, Sybase, Sybase IQ, TeradataSyntaxACCESS=READONLYSyntax DescriptionREADONLYspecifies that you can read but not update tables and views.DetailsUsing this option prevents writing to the DBMS. If this option is omitted, you can readand update tables and views if you have the necessary DBMS privileges.ADJUST_BYTE_SEMANTIC_COLUMN_LENGTHS= LIBNAME OptionSpecifies whether to adjust the lengths of CHAR or VARCHAR data type columns that bytesemantics specify.Default value: conditional (see “Syntax Description”)Valid in: SAS/ACCESS LIBNAME statementDBMS support: Oracle