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

SAS/ACCESS Interface to ODBC 4 Arguments 657odbcspecifies the SAS/ACCESS engine name for the ODBC interface.connection-optionsprovide connection information and control how SAS manages the timing andconcurrence of the connection to the DBMS. When you use the LIBNAMEstatement, you can connect to ODBC in many different ways. Specify only one ofthese methods for each connection because they are mutually exclusive.3 USER=, PASSWORD=, DATASRC=3 COMPLETE=3 NOPROMPT=3 PROMPT=3 READBUFF=3 REQUIRED=Here is how these options are defined.USER=user-namelets you connect to an ODBC database with a user ID that is different fromthe default ID. USER= is optional. UID= is an alias for this option.PASSWORD=passwordspecifies the ODBC password that is associated with your user ID.PASSWORD= is optional. PWD is an alias for this option. If you do not wantto enter your DB2 password in uncoded text on this statement, see PROCPWENCODE in Base SAS Procedures Guidefor a method to encode it.DATASRC=ODBC-data-sourcespecifies the ODBC data source to which you want to connect. For PCplatforms, data sources must be configured by using the ODBC icon in theWindows Control Panel. For UNIX platforms, data sources must beconfigured by modifying the .odbc.ini file. DSN= is an alias for this option thatindicates that the connection is attempted using the ODBC SQLConnect API,which requires a data source name. You can also use a user ID and passwordwith DSN=. If you want to use an ODBC file DSN, then instead of supplyingDATASRC=ODBC-data-source, use the PROMPT= or NOPROMPT=option followed by "filedsn=(name-of-your-file-dsn);". For example:libname mydblib odbc noprompt="filedsn=d:\share\msafiledsn.dsn;";COMPLETE=ODBC-connection-optionsspecifies connection options for your data source or database. Separatemultiple options with a semicolon. When connection succeeds, the completeconnection string is returned in the SYSDBMSG macro variable. If you donot specify enough correct connection options, you are prompted with a dialogbox that displays the values from the COMPLETE= connection string. Youcan edit any field before you connect to the data source. This option is notsupported on UNIX platforms. See your ODBC driver documentation formore details.NOPROMPT=ODBC-connection-optionsspecifies connection options 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 to help youcomplete the connection string.