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

SAS/ACCESS Interface to Teradata 4 Data Types and the SAS_PUT( ) Function 819For more information, see “Using the SAS_PUT( ) Function in the TeradataEDW” on page 827.Deployed Components for In–Database ProcessingComponents that are deployed to Teradata for in–database processing are containedin either an RPM file (Linux) or a PKG file (MP–RAS) in the SAS Software Depot.The component that is deployed is the SAS 9.2 Formats Library for Teradata. TheSAS 9.2 Formats Library for Teradata contains many of the formats that are availablein Base SAS. After you install the SAS 9.2 Formats Library and run the%INDTD_PUBLISH_FORMATS macro, the SAS_PUT( ) function can call these formats.Note: The SAS Scoring Accelerator for Teradata also uses these libraries. For moreinformation about this product, see the SAS Scoring Accelerator for Teradata: User’sGuide. 4For more information about creating the SAS Software Depot, see the instructions inyour Software Order e-mail. For more information about installing and configuringthese components, see the SAS In-Database Products: Administrator’s Guide.User-Defined Formats in the Teradata EDWYou can use PROC FORMAT to create user-defined formats and store them in aformat catalog. You can then use the %INDTD_PUBLISH_FORMATS macro to exportthe user-defined format definitions to the Teradata EDW where the SAS_PUT( )function can reference them.If you use the FMTCAT= option to specify a format catalog in the%INDTD_PUBLISH_FORMATS macro, these restrictions and limitations apply:3 Trailing blanks in PROC FORMAT labels are lost when publishing a pictureformat.3 Avoid using PICTURE formats with the MULTILABEL option. You cannotsuccessfully create a CNTLOUT= data set when PICTURE formats are present.This a known issue with PROC FORMAT.3 If you are using a character set encoding other than Latin1, picture formats arenot supported. The picture format supports only Latin1 characters.3 If you use the MULTILABEL option, only the first label that is found is returned.For more information, see the PROC FORMAT MULTILABEL option in the BaseSAS Procedures Guide.3 The %INDTD_PUBLISH_FORMATS macro rejects a format unless theLANGUAGE= option is set to English or is not specified.3 Although the format catalog can contain informats, the%INDTD_PUBLISH_FORMATS macro ignores the informats.3 User-defined formats that include a format that SAS supplies are not supported.Data Types and the SAS_PUT( ) FunctionThe SAS_PUT( ) function supports direct use of the Teradata data types shown inTable 28.3 on page 820. In some cases, the Teradata database performs an implicitconversion of the input data to the match the input data type that is defined for theSAS_PUT( ) function. For example, all compatible numeric data types are implicitlyconverted to FLOAT before they are processed by the SAS_PUT( ) function.