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

294 COMMAND_TIMEOUT= Data Set Option 4 Chapter 11SyntaxCAST_OVERHEAD_MAXPERCENT=Syntax DescriptionAny positive numeric value. The engine default is 20.DetailsTeradata INTEGER, BYTEINT, SMALLINT, and DATE columns require conversionwhen read in to SAS. Either Teradata or SAS can perform conversions. When Teradataperforms the conversion, the row size that is transmitted to SAS using the TeradataCAST operator can increase. CAST_OVERHEAD_MAXPERCENT= limits the allowableincrease, also called conversion overhead.ExamplesThis example demonstrates the use of CAST_OVERHEAD_MAXPERCENT= toincrease the allowable overhead to 40%:proc print data=mydblib.emp (cast_overhead_maxpercent=40);where empno