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

The ACCESS Procedure for Relational Databases 4 RENAME Statement 901DetailsThe LIST statement lists columns in the descriptor, along with information about thecolumns. The LIST statement can be used only when creating an access descriptor or aview descriptor. The LIST information is written to your SAS log.To review the contents of an existing view descriptor, use the CONTENTS procedure.When you use LIST for an access descriptor, *NON-DISPLAY* appears next to thecolumn description for any column that has been dropped; *UNSUPPORTED* appearsnext to any column whose data type is not supported by your DBMS interface viewengine. When you use LIST for a view descriptor, *SELECTED* appears next to thecolumn description for columns that you have selected for the view.Specify LIST last in your PROC ACCESS code in order to see the entire descriptor. Ifyou create or update multiple descriptors, specify LIST before each CREATE orUPDATE statement to list information about all descriptors that you are creating orupdating.QUIT StatementTerminates the procedureApplies to:access descriptor or view descriptorQUIT;DetailsThe QUIT statement terminates the ACCESS procedure without any furtherdescriptor creation. Changes made since the last CREATE, UPDATE, or RUNstatement are not saved; changes are saved only when a new CREATE, UPDATE, orRUN statement is submitted.RENAME StatementModifies the SAS variable nameApplies to:Interaction:access descriptor or view descriptorASSIGN, RESETRENAME column-identifier-1 SAS-variable-name-1;column-identifierspecifies the DBMS column name or the positional equivalent from the LISTstatement, which is the number that represents the column’s place in the descriptor.