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

SAS/ACCESS Interface to Aster nCluster 4 Naming Conventions for Aster nCluster 451set sasflt.flt98;run;You can then append the SAS data set, SASFLT.FLT98, to the existing Aster nClustertable, ALLFLIGHTS. SAS/ACCESS Interface to Aster nCluster to write data to a flatfile, as specified in the BL_DATAFILE= option. Rather than deleting the data file,BL_DELETE_DATAFILE=NO causes the engine to retain it after the load completes.PROC append base=net_air.allflights(BULKLOAD=YESBL_DATAFILE=’/tmp/fltdata.dat’BL_HOST=’queen’BL_PATH=’/home/ncluster_loader/’BL_DBNAME=’beehive’BL_DELETE_DATAFILE=NO )data=sasflt.flt98;run;Naming Conventions for Aster nClusterSince SAS 7, most SAS names can be up to 32 characters long. SAS/ACCESSInterface to Aster nCluster supports table names and column names that contain up to32 characters. If column names are longer than 32 characters, they are truncated to 32characters. If truncating a column name would result in identical column names, SASgenerates a unique name by replacing the last character with a number. DBMS tablenames must be 32 characters or less. SAS does not truncate a name longer than 32characters. If you have a table name that is greater than 32 characters, it isrecommended that you create a table view.The PRESERVE_COL_NAMES= and PRESERVE_TAB_NAMES= options determinehow SAS/ACCESS Interface to Aster nCluster handles case sensitivity. Aster nClusteris not case sensitive, so all names default to lowercase.Aster nCluster objects include tables, views, and columns. They follow theseconventions.3 A name must be from 1 to 64 characters long.3 A name must begin with a letter (A through Z), diacritic marks, non-Latincharacters (200-377 octal) or an underscore (_).3 To enable case sensitivity, enclose names in quotes. All references to quoted namesmust always be enclosed in quotes, and preserve case sensitivity.3 A name cannot begin with a _bee prefix. Leading _bee prefixes are reserved forsystem objects.3 A name cannot be an Aster nCluster reserved word, such as WHERE or VIEW.3 A name cannot be the same as another Aster nCluster object that has the sametype.For more information, see your Aster nCluster Database User’s Guide.