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

826 Publishing SAS Formats 4 Chapter 28CharacterHow to Represent) %str(%))%str( )1 Only leading blanks require the %STR function, but you should avoid using leading blanks indirectory names.2 Asterisks (*) are allowed in UNIX directory names. Asterisks are not allowed in Windowsdirectory names. In general, avoid using asterisks in directory names.Here are some examples of directory names with special characters:Table 28.7Examples of Special Characters in Directory NamesDirectoryCode Representationc:\temp\Sales(part1)c:\temp\Drug "trial" Xc:\temp\Disc’s 50% Yc:\temp\Pay,Emp=Zc:\temp\Sales%str(%()part1%str(%))c:\temp\Drug %str(%")trial(%str(%") Xc:\temp\Disc%str(%’)s 50%str(%%) Yc:\temp\Pay%str(,)Emp%str(=)ZTeradata PermissionsBecause functions are associated with a database, the functions inherit the accessrights of that database. It could be useful to create a separate shared database forscoring functions so that access rights can be customized as needed. In addition, topublish the scoring functions in Teradata, you must have the following permissions:CREATE FUNCTIONDROP FUNCTIONEXECUTE FUNCTIONALTER FUNCTIONTo obtain permissions, contact your database administrator.Format Publishing Macro Example%indtdpf;%let indconn server="terabase" user="user1" password="open1" database="mydb";%indtd_publish_formats(fmtcat= fmtlib.fmtcat);This sequence of macros generates a .c and a .h file for each data type. The formatdata types that are supported are numeric (FLOAT, INT), character, date, time, andtimestamp (DATETIME). The %INDTD_PUBLISH_FORMATS macro also produces atext file of Teradata CREATE FUNCTION commands that are similar to these:CREATE FUNCTION sas_put(d float, f varchar(64))RETURNS varchar(256)SPECIFIC sas_putnLANGUAGE CNO SQLPARAMETER STYLE SQLNOT DETERMINISTIC