ENGINE

ENGINE

Specifies the default access method to use for SAS libraries

Default: V8

Valid in: configuration file, SAS invocation

OS/2 specifics: valid values

Syntax
Details
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Syntax

-ENGINE engine-name

engine-name

BASE | V8: specifies the default SAS engine for Version 8.
BMDP: specifies the engine for BMDP data files
OSIRIS: specifies the engine for OSIRIS data files
SPSS: specifies the engine for SPSS data files.
V7: specifies the default engine for all Version 7 files.
V6: specifies the default engine for all Version 6 files.
V604, V608, V609, V610, V611, V612: specifies the default engine for Release 6.04 and Release 6.08 through Release 6.12. Use the V604 engine for reading and writing Release 6.03 data sets.
XPORT: specifies the transport engine.

Details

The default engine is used when a SAS data library points to an empty directory or a new file. For information on SAS/SHARE and SAS/ACCESS engines, see their respective documentation.

See Also

Multiple Engine Architecture
SAS/ACCESS Software for Relational Databases: Reference
Communications Access Methods for SAS/CONNECT and SAS/SHARE Software

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Default:	V8
Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation
OS/2 specifics:	valid values