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

824 Publishing SAS Formats 4 Chapter 28Interaction: If ACTION=CREATE or ACTION=DROP is specified, messages arewritten to the SAS log that indicate the success or failure of the table creationor drop.ACTION=CREATE | REPLACE | DROPspecifies that the macro performs one of these actions:CREATEcreates a new SAS_PUT( ) function.REPLACEoverwrites the current SAS_PUT( ) function, if a SAS_PUT( ) function isalready registered or creates a new SAS_PUT( ) function if one is notregistered.DROPcauses the SAS_PUT( ) function to be dropped from the Teradata database.Interaction: If FMTTABLE= is specified, both the SAS_PUT( ) function andthe format table are dropped. If the table name cannot be found or isincorrect, only the SAS_PUT( ) function is dropped.Default: CREATE.Tip: If the SAS_PUT( ) function was defined previously and you specifyACTION=CREATE, you receive warning messages from Teradata. If theSAS_PUT( ) function was defined previously and you specifyACTION=REPLACE, a message is written to the SAS log indicating that theSAS_PUT( ) function has been replaced.MODE=PROTECTED | UNPROTECTEDspecifies whether the running code is isolated in a separate process in theTeradata database so that a program fault does not cause the database to stop.Default: PROTECTEDTip: Once the SAS formats are validated in PROTECTED mode, you canrepublish them in UNPROTECTED mode for a performance gain.OUTDIR=diagnostic-output-directoryspecifies a directory that contains diagnostic files.Files that are produced include an event log that contains detailed informationabout the success or failure of the publishing process.See: “Special Characters in Directory Names” on page 825Tips for Using the %INDTD_PUBLISH_FORMATS Macro3 Use the ACTION=CREATE option only the first time that you run the%INDTD_PUBLISH_FORMATS macro. After that, use ACTION=REPLACE orACTION=DROP.3 The %INDTD_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.