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

11CHAPTER2SAS Names and Support forDBMS NamesIntroduction to SAS/ACCESS Naming 11SAS Naming Conventions 12Length of Name 12Case Sensitivity 12SAS Name Literals 13SAS/ACCESS Default Naming Behaviors 13Modification and Truncation 13ACCESS Procedure 13DBLOAD Procedure 14Renaming DBMS Data 14Renaming SAS/ACCESS Tables 14Renaming SAS/ACCESS Columns 14Renaming SAS/ACCESS Variables 14Options That Affect SAS/ACCESS Naming Behavior 15Naming Behavior When Retrieving DBMS Data 15Naming Behavior When Creating DBMS Objects 16SAS/ACCESS Naming Examples 17Replacing Unsupported Characters 17Preserving Column Names 18Preserving Table Names 19Using DQUOTE=ANSI 20Using Name Literals 22Using DBMS Data to Create a DBMS Table 22Using a SAS Data Set to Create a DBMS Table 23Introduction to SAS/ACCESS NamingBecause some DBMSs allow case-sensitive names and names with special characters,show special consideration when you use names of such DBMS objects as tables andcolumns with SAS/ACCESS features. This section presents SAS/ACCESS namingconventions, default naming behaviors, options that can modify naming behavior, andusage examples. See the documentation for your SAS/ACCESS interface for informationabout how SAS handles your DBMS names.