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Optional statement | |
Applies to: | access descriptor or view descriptor |
Default: | ALL |
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LIST <ALL | VIEW | column-identifier-1 <... column-identifier-n>>; |
Details |
The LIST statement lists columns in the descriptor along with information about the columns. The LIST statement can be used when creating an access descriptor or a view descriptor. The LIST information is written to your SAS log.
If you use an editing statement, such as LIST, it must follow the CREATE statement and the database-description statements when you create a descriptor. See CREATE for more information on the order of statements.
You can specify LIST as many times as you want while creating a descriptor; specify LIST last in your PROC ACCESS code to see the completed descriptor information. Or, if you are creating multiple descriptors, specify LIST before the next CREATE statement to list all the information about the descriptor you are creating.
The LIST statement can take one of the following arguments:
*NON-DISPLAY*
appears next to the column description
for any column that has been dropped. When you are creating a view descriptor,
*SELECTED*
appears next to the column description for columns that
you have selected for the view.*SELECTED*
. Any columns that were dropped in the access descriptor are not
displayed. The VIEW argument is valid only for a view descriptor.The column-identifier argument can be either the column name or the positional equivalent from the LIST statement, which is the number that represents the column's place in the descriptor. For example, to list information about the fifth and eighth columns in the descriptor, submit the following statement:
list 5 8;
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