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

SAS/ACCESS Interface for Informix 4 Arguments 575informixspecifies the SAS/ACCESS engine name for the Informix interface.connection-optionsprovide connection information and control how SAS manages the timing andconcurrence of the connection to the DBMS. Here is how these options are defined.USER=Informix-user-namespecifies the Informix user name that you use to connect to the database thatcontains the tables and views that you want to access. If you omit theUSER= option, your operating environment account name is used, ifapplicable to your operating environment.USING=Informix-passwordspecifies the password that is associated with the Informix user. If you omitthe password, Informix uses the password in the /etc/password file.USING= can also be specified with the PASSWORD= and PWD= aliases.SERVER=ODBC-data-sourcespecifies the ODBC data source to which you want to connect. An erroroccurs if the SERVER= option is not set. For UNIX platforms, you mustconfigure the data source by modifying the odbc.ini file. See your ODBCdriver documentation for details.For the SAS/ACCESS 9 Interface to Informix, the Informix ODBC DriverAPI is used to connect to Informix, and connection options have changedaccordingly. The DATABASE= option from the SAS 8 version of SAS/ACCESSwas removed. If you need to specify a database, set it in the odbc.ini file. ForSERVER= options, instead of specifying the server name, as in SAS 8, specifyan ODBC data source name. You can also use a user ID and password withSERVER=.DBDATASRC=database-data-sourceenvironment variable that lets you set a default data source. This value isused if you do not specify a SERVER= connection option.LIBNAME-optionsdefine how SAS processes DBMS objects. Some LIBNAME options can enhanceperformance, while others determine locking or naming behavior. The followingtable describes the LIBNAME options for SAS/ACCESS Interface to Informix, withthe applicable default values. For more detail about these options, see “LIBNAMEOptions for Relational Databases” on page 92.Table 19.1OptionACCESS=SAS/ACCESS LIBNAME Options for InformixDefault ValuenoneAUTHDOMAIN=AUTOCOMMIT=CONNECTION=CONNECTION_GROUP=DBCOMMIT=DBCONINIT=DBCONTERM=DBCREATE_TABLE_OPTS=noneYESSHAREDREADnone1000 (insert) or 0 (update)nonenonenone