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

SAS/ACCESS Interface to Teradata 4 Accessing Teradata Objects That Do Not Meet SAS Naming Conventions 8373 Performs the insert operation without hanging (suspending) your SAS session.Naming Conventions for TeradataTeradata ConventionsFor general information about this feature, see Chapter 2, “SAS Names and Supportfor DBMS Names,” on page 11.You can use these conventions to name such Teradata objects as include tables,views, columns, indexes, and macros.3 A name must be from 1 to 30 characters long.3 A name must begin with a letter unless you enclose it in double quotation marks.3 A name can contain letters (A to Z), numbers from 0 to 9, underscore (_), dollarsign ($), and the number or pound sign (#). A name in double quotation marks cancontain any characters except double quotation marks.3 A name, even when enclosed in double quotation marks, is not case sensitive. Forexample, CUSTOMER and Customer are the same.3 A name cannot be a Teradata reserved word.3 The name must be unique between objects, so a view and table in the samedatabase cannot have an identical name.SAS Naming ConventionsUse these conventions when naming a SAS object:3 A name must be from 1 to 32 characters long.3 A name must begin with a letter (A to Z) or an underscore (_).3 A name can contain letters (A to Z), numbers from 0 to 9, and an underscore (_).3 Names are not case sensitive. For example, CUSTOMER and Customer are the same.3 A name cannot be enclosed in double quotation marks.3 A name need not be unique between object types.Naming Objects to Meet Teradata and SAS ConventionsTo easily share objects between SAS and the DBMS, create names that meet bothSAS and Teradata naming conventions:3 Start with a letter.3 Include only letters, digits, and underscores.3 Use a length of 1 to 30 characters.Accessing Teradata Objects That Do Not Meet SAS NamingConventionsThe following SAS/ACCESS code examples can help you access Teradata objects(existing Teradata DBMS tables and columns) that have names that do not follow SASnaming conventions.