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

Data Set Options for Relational Databases 4 SASDATEFMT= Data Set Option 365DB2 under UNIX and PC Hosts: By default, the SQLFetch API call is used and nointernal SAS buffering is performed. Setting READBUFF=1 or greater causes theSQLExtendedFetch API call to be used.Greenplum, Microsoft SQL Server, Netezza, ODBC, Sybase IQ: By default, theSQLFetch API call is used and no internal SAS buffering is performed. SettingREADBUFF=1 or greater causes the SQLExtendedFetch API call to be used.See AlsoTo assign this option to a group of relational DBMS tables or views, see the“READBUFF= LIBNAME Option” on page 174.SASDATEFMT= Data Set OptionChanges the SAS date format of a DBMS column.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, Greenplum, HP Neoview,Informix, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Netezza, ODBC, OLE DB, Oracle, Sybase,Sybase IQ, TeradataSyntaxSASDATEFMT=(DBMS-date-col-1=’SAS-date-format’)Syntax DescriptionDBMS-date-colspecifies the name of a date column in a DBMS table.SAS-date-formatspecifies a SAS date format that has an equivalent (like-named) informat. Forexample, DATETIME21.2 is both a SAS format and a SAS informat, so it is a validvalue for the SAS-date-format argument.DetailsIf the SAS column date format does not match the date format of the correspondingDBMS column, convert the SAS date values to the appropriate DBMS date values. Usethe SASDATEFMT= option to convert date values from the default SAS date format toanother SAS date format that you specify.Use the SASDATEFMT= option to prevent date type mismatches in thesecircumstances:3 during input operations to convert DBMS date values to the correct SAS DATE,TIME, or DATETIME values