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

Macro Variables and System Options for Relational Databases 4 VALIDVARNAME= System Option 423Syntax DescriptionNONEspecifies to PROC SQL that no PUT mapping is to occur.SAS_PUTspecifies that the PUT function be mapped to the SAS_PUT( ) function.database.SAS_PUTspecifies the database name.Requirement: If you specify a database name, you must enclose the entireargument in parentheses.Tip: It is not necessary that the format definitions and the SAS_PUT( ) functionreside in the same database as the one that contains the data that you want toformat. You can use the database.SAS_PUT argument to specify the databasewhere the format definitions and the SAS_PUT( ) function have been published.Tip: The database name can be a multilevel name and it can include blanks.DetailsThe %INDTD_PUBLISH_FORMATS macro deploys, or publishes, the PUT functionimplementation to the database as a new function named SAS_PUT( ). The%INDTD_PUBLISH_FORMATS macro also publishes both user-defined formats andformats that SAS supplies that you create using PROC FORMAT. The SAS_PUT( )function supports the use of SAS formats, and you can use it in SQL queries that SASsubmits to the database so that the entire SQL query can be processed inside thedatabase. You can also use it in conjunction with in-database procedures in Teradata.You can use this option with the SQLREDUCEPUT=, SQLREDUCEPUTOBS, andSQLREDUCEPUTVALUES= system options. For more information about these options,see the SAS Language Reference: Dictionary.See Also“Deploying and Using SAS Formats in Teradata” on page 816“Deploying and Using SAS Formats in Netezza” on page 634“In-Database Procedures in Teradata” on page 831“SQL_FUNCTIONS= LIBNAME Option” on page 186VALIDVARNAME= System OptionControls the type of SAS variable names that can be used or created during a SAS session.Default value: V7Valid in: configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, SAS System OptionswindowSyntaxVALIDVARNAME= V7 | UPCASE | ANY