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

Data Set Options for Relational Databases 4 BL_OPTIONS= Data Set Option 267BL_OPTIONS= Data Set OptionPasses options to the DBMS bulk-load facility, which affects how it loads and processes data.Default value: DBMS-specificValid in: DATA and PROC steps (when accessing DBMS data using SAS/ACCESSsoftware)DBMS support: Aster nCluster, DB2 under UNIX and PC Hosts, Netezza, OLE DB,Oracle, Sybase IQSyntaxBL_OPTIONS=’’ [DB2 under UNIX and PC Hosts, OLE DB, Oracle]BL_OPTIONS=’ [Aster nCluster, Netezza, Sybase IQ]Syntax Descriptionoptionspecifies an option from the available options that are specific to each SAS/ACCESSinterface. See the details in this section.DetailsTo specify this option, you must first set BULKLOAD=YES.You can use BL_OPTIONS= to pass options to the DBMS bulk-load facility when it iscalled, thereby affecting how data is loaded and processed. You must separate multipleoptions with commas and enclose the entire string of options in single quotation marks.Aster nCluster: By default, no options are specified.DB2 under UNIX and PC Hosts: This option passes DB2 file-type modifiers to DB2LOAD or IMPORT commands to affect how data is loaded and processed. Not all DB2file type modifiers are appropriate for all situations. You can specify one or more DB2file type modifiers with .IXF files. For a list of file type modifiers, see the description ofthe LOAD and IMPORT utilities in the IBM DB2 Universal Database Data MovementUtilities Guide and Reference.Netezza: Any text that you enter for this option is appended to the USING clause ofthe CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE statement—namely, any external_table_options inthe Netezza Database User’s Guide.OLE DB: By default, no options are specified. This option is valid only when you areusing the Microsoft SQL Server provider. This option takes the same values as the -hHINT option of the Microsoft BCP utility. For example, the ORDER= option sets thesort order of data in the data file; you can use it to improve performance if the file issorted according to the clustered index on the table. See the Microsoft SQL Serverdocumentation for a complete list of supported bulk copy options.Oracle: This option lets you specify the SQL*Loader options ERRORS= and LOAD=.The ERRORS= option specifies the number of insert errors that terminates the load.The default value of ERRORS=1000000 overrides the default value for the OracleSQL*Loader ERRORS= option, which is 50. LOAD= specifies the maximum number oflogical records to load. If the LOAD= option is not specified, all rows are loaded. Seeyour Oracle utilities documentation for a complete list of SQL*Loader options that youcan specify in BL_OPTIONS=.