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

SAS/ACCESS Interface to Netezza 4 Publishing SAS Formats 641Tips for Using the %INDNZ_PUBLISH_FORMATS Macro3 Use the ACTION=CREATE option only the first time that you run the%INDNZ_PUBLISH_FORMATS macro. After that, use ACTION=REPLACE orACTION=DROP.3 The %INDNZ_PUBLISH_FORMATS macro does not require a format catalog. Topublish only the formats that SAS supplies, you need to have either no formatcatalog or an empty format catalog. You can use this code to create an emptyformat catalog in your WORK directory before you publish the PUT function andthe formats that SAS supplies:proc format;run;3 If you modify any PROC FORMAT entries in the source catalog, you mustrepublish the entire catalog.3 When SAS parses the PUT function, SAS checks to make sure that the format is aknown format name. SAS looks for the format in the set of formats that aredefined in the scope of the current SAS session. If the format name is not definedin the context of the current SAS session, the SAS_PUT( ) function is returned tothe local SAS session for processing.3 Using both the SQLREDUCEPUT= system option (or the PROC SQLREDUCEPUT= option) and SQLMAPPUTTO= can result in a significantperformance boost. First, SQLREDUCEPUT= works to reduce as many PUTfunctions as possible. Then you can map the remaining PUT functions toSAS_PUT( ) functions, by setting SQLMAPPUTTO= SAS_PUT.3 If the %INDNZ_PUBLISH_FORMATS macro is executed between two procedurecalls, the page number of the last query output is increased by two.