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

The LIBNAME Statement for Relational Databases 4 DBLINK= LIBNAME Option 129See Also“CONNECTION= LIBNAME Option” on page 108“DBLIBINIT= LIBNAME Option” on page 126“DEFER= LIBNAME Option” on page 139DBLINK= LIBNAME OptionSpecifies a link from your local database to database objects on another server [Oracle], orspecifies a link from your default database to another database on the server to which you areconnected [Sybase].Default value: noneValid in: SAS/ACCESS LIBNAME statementDBMS support: Oracle, SybaseSyntaxDBLINK=database-linkDetailsOracle: A link is a database object that is used to identify an object stored in a remotedatabase. A link contains stored path information and might also contain user nameand password information for connecting to the remote database. If you specify a link,SAS uses the link to access remote objects. If you omit DBLINK=, SAS accesses objectsin the local database.Sybase: This option lets you link to another database within the same server towhich you are connected. If you omit DBLINK=, SAS can access only objects in yourdefault database.See AlsoTo apply this option to an individual data set, see the “DBMASTER= Data SetOption” on page 308.