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

912 Properties of the DBLOAD Procedure 4 Appendix 2Not all SAS/ACCESS interfaces support this feature. See Chapter 9, “SAS/ACCESSFeatures by Host,” on page 75 to determine whether this feature is available in yourenvironment.Properties of the DBLOAD ProcedureThis section provides general reference information for the DBLOAD procedure. Seethe DBMS-specific reference in this document for details about your DBMS.The DBLOAD procedure, along with the ACCESS procedure and an interface viewengine, creates an interface between SAS and data in other vendors’ databases.The DBLOAD procedure enables you to create and load a DBMS table, append rowsto an existing table, and submit non-query DBMS-specific SQL statements to the DBMSfor processing. The procedure constructs DBMS-specific SQL statements to create andload, or append, to a DBMS table by using one of these items:3 a SAS data file3 an SQL view or DATA step view3 a view descriptor that was created with the SAS/ACCESS interface to your DBMSor with another SAS/ACCESS interface product3 another DBMS table referenced by a SAS libref that was created with theSAS/ACCESS LIBNAME statement.The DBLOAD procedure associates each SAS variable with a DBMS column andassigns a default name and data type to each column. It also specifies whether eachcolumn accepts NULL values. You can use the default information or change it asnecessary. When you are finished customizing the columns, the procedure creates theDBMS table and loads or appends the input data.About DBLOAD Procedure StatementsThere are several types of DBLOAD statements:3 Use database connection statements to connect to your DBMS. See theDBMS-specific reference in this document for details about your DBMS.3 Creating and loading statements are LOAD and RUN.3 Use table and editing statements to specify how a table is populated..This table summarizes PROC DBLOAD options and statements that are required toaccomplish common tasks.