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

SAS/ACCESS Interface to Oracle 4 Data Set Options for Oracle 711OptionDefault ValueUPDATEBUFF= 1UTILCONN_TRANSIENT=NOOracle LIBNAME Statement ExamplesIn this first example, default settings are used for the connection options to make theconnection. If you specify the appropriate system options or environment variables forOracle, you can often omit the connection options from your LIBNAME statements. Seeyour Oracle documentation for details.libname myoralib oracle;In the next example, the libref MYDBLIB uses SAS/ACCESS Interface to Oracle toconnect to an Oracle database. The SAS/ACCESS connection options are USER=,PASSWORD=, and PATH=. PATH= specifies an alias for the database specification,which SQL*Net requires.libname mydblib oracle user=testuser password=testpass path=hrdept_002;proc print data=mydblib.employees;where dept=’CSR010’;run;Data Set Options for OracleAll SAS/ACCESS data set options in this table are supported for Oracle. Defaultvalues are provided where applicable. For general information about this feature, see“Overview” on page 207.Table 25.2SAS/ACCESS Data Set Options for OracleOptionDefault ValueBL_BADFILE=BL_CONTROL=BL_DATAFILE=BL_DEFAULT_DIR=BL_DELETE_DATAFILE=BL_DELETE_ONLY_DATAFILE=BL_DIRECT_PATH=BL_DISCARDFILE=BL_INDEX_OPTIONS=creates a file in the current directory or with thedefault file specificationscreates a control file in the current directory or withthe default file specificationscreates a file in the current directory or with thedefault file specificationsYESnoneYEScreates a file in the current directory or with thedefault file specificationsthe current SQL*Loader Index options withbulk-loading