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

Data Set Options for Relational Databases 4 DBMAX_TEXT= Data Set Option 309ExampleIn this example, a table from an Oracle database and a table from a DB2 databaseare joined. DBMASTER= is set to YES to indicate that the Oracle table is the largertable. The DB2 table is the smaller table.libname mydblib oracle user=testuser /*database 1 */pw=testpass path=’myorapath’libname mydblib2 db2 user=testuser /*database 2 */pw=testpass path=’mydb2path’;proc sql;select * from mydblib.bigtab(dbmaster=yes), mydblib2.smalltabbigtab.x=smalltab.x;See Also“MULTI_DATASRC_OPT= LIBNAME Option” on page 160DBMAX_TEXT= Data Set OptionDetermines the length of any very long DBMS character data type that is read into SAS or writtenfrom SAS when you are using a SAS/ACCESS engine.Default value: 1024Valid in: DATA and PROC steps (when accessing DBMS data using SAS/ACCESSsoftware)DBMS support: Aster nCluster, DB2 under UNIX and PC Hosts, Greenplum, HP Neoview,Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Netezza, ODBC, OLE DB, Oracle, Sybase, Sybase IQSyntaxDBMAX_TEXT=integerSyntax Descriptionintegeris a number between 1 and 32,767.