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

244 BL_DISCARDFILE= Data Set Option 4 Chapter 11Syntax DescriptionYESsets the Oracle SQL*Loader option DIRECT to TRUE, enabling the SQL*Loader touse Direct Path Load to insert rows into a table.NOsets the Oracle SQL*Loader option DIRECT to FALSE, enabling the SQL*Loader touse Conventional Path Load to insert rows into a table.DetailsTo specify this option, you must first set BULKLOAD=YES.The Conventional Path Load reads in multiple data records and places them in abinary array. When the array is full, it is passed to Oracle for insertion, and Oracleuses the SQL interface with the array option.The Direct Path Load creates data blocks that are already in the Oracle databaseblock format. The blocks are then written directly into the database. This method issignificantly faster, but there are restrictions. For more information about theSQL*Loader Direct and Conventional Path loads, see your Oracle utilitiesdocumentation for SQL*Loader.See Also“BULKLOAD= Data Set Option” on page 290BL_DISCARDFILE= Data Set OptionIdentifies the file that contains records that were filtered from bulk load because they did notmatch the criteria as specified in the CONTROL file.Default value: creates a file in the current directory or with the default file specificationsValid in: DATA and PROC steps (when accessing DBMS data using SAS/ACCESSsoftware)DBMS support: OracleSyntaxBL_DISCARDFILE=path-and-discard-filenameSyntax Descriptionpath-and-discard-filenameis an SQL*Loader discard file containing rows that did not meet the specified criteria.On most platforms, the default filename takes the form BL__.dsc:tablespecifies the table name