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

786 Arguments 4 Chapter 28DATABASE=database-namespecifies an optional connection option that specifies the name of theTeradata database that you want to access, enabling you to view or modify adifferent user’s Teradata DBMS tables or views, if you have the requiredprivileges. (For example, to read another user’s tables, you must have theTeradata privilege SELECT for that user’s tables.) If you do not specifyDATABASE=, the libref points to your default Teradata database, which isoften named the same as your user name. If the database value that youspecify contains spaces or nonalphanumeric characters, you must enclose it inquotation marks.SCHEMA=database-namespecifies an optional connection option that specifies the database name touse to qualify any database objects that the LIBNAME can reference.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 Teradata,with the applicable default values. For more detail about these options, see“LIBNAME Options for Relational Databases” on page 92.Table 28.1SAS/ACCESS LIBNAME Options for TeradataOptionACCESS=Default ValuenoneAUTHDOMAIN=BULKLOAD=CAST=noneNOnoneCAST_OVERHEAD_MAXPERCENT= 20%CONNECTION=CONNECTION_GROUP=DATABASE= (see SCHEMA=)DBCOMMIT=DBCONINIT=DBCONTERM=DBCREATE_TABLE_OPTS=DBGEN_NAME=DBINDEX=DBLIBINIT=DBLIBTERM=DBMSTEMP=DBPROMPT=for channel-attached systems (z/OS), the default isSHAREDREAD; for network attached systems(UNIX and PC platforms), the default is UNIQUEnonenone1000 when inserting rows; 0 when updating rowsnonenonenoneDBMSNOnonenoneNONO