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

SAS/ACCESS Interface to DB2 Under UNIX and PC Hosts 4 Arguments 4573 NOPROMPT=3 PROMPT=3 REQUIRED=Here is how these options are defined.USER=user-namelets you connect to a DB2 database with a user ID that is different from thedefault ID. USER= is optional. If you specify USER=, you must also specifyPASSWORD=. If USER= is omitted, your default user ID for your operatingenvironment is used.PASSWORD=passwordspecifies the DB2 password that is associated with your DB2 user ID.PASSWORD= is optional. If you specify USER=, you must specifyPASSWORD=.DATASRC=data-source-namespecifies the DB2 data source or database to which you want to connect.DATASRC= is optional. If you omit it, you connect by using a defaultenvironment variable. DSN= and DATABASE= are aliases for this option.COMPLETE=CLI-connection-stringspecifies connection information for your data source or database for PCsonly. Separate multiple options with a semicolon. When a successfulconnection is made, the complete connection string is returned in theSYSDBMSG macro variable. If you do not specify enough correct connectionoptions, you are prompted with a dialog box that displays the values from theCOMPLETE= connection string. You can edit any field before you connect tothe data source. This option is not available on UNIX platforms. See yourDB2 documentation for more details.NOPROMPT=CLI-connection-stringspecifies connection information for your data source or database. Separatemultiple options with a semicolon. If you do not specify enough correctconnection options, an error is returned (no dialog box displays).PROMPT= CLI-connection-stringspecifies connection information for your data source or database for PCs only.Separate multiple options with a semicolon. When a successful connection ismade, the complete connection string is returned in the SYSDBMSG macrovariable. PROMPT= does not immediately attempt to connect to the DBMS.Instead, it displays a dialog box that contains the values that you entered inthe PROMPT= connection string. You can edit values or enter additionalvalues in any field before you connect to the data source.This option is not available on UNIX platforms.