Data Set Options for Amazon Redshift

For more information, see Data Set Options for Relational Databases.

SAS/ACCESS Data Set Options for Amazon Redshift

Option

Default Value

BL_AWS_CONFIG_FILE=

~/.aws/config

BL_AWS_CREDENTIALS_FILE=

~/.aws/credentials

BL_AWS_PROFILE_NAME=

none

BL_BUCKET=

none

BL_COMPRESS=

NO

BL_CONFIG=

none

BL_DEFAULT_DIR=

temporary file directory that is specified by the UTILLOC= system option

BL_DELETE_DATAFILE=

YES

BL_DELIMITER=

comma (‘,’)

BL_ENCKEY=

LIBNAME option value

BL_IAM_ASSUME_ROLE_ARN=

LIBNAME option value

BL_IAM_ASSUME_ROLE_NAME=

LIBNAME option value

BL_IAM_ROLE=

none

BL_KEY=

none

BL_NUM_DATAFILES=

2

BL_NUM_READ_THREADS=

LIBNAME option value

BL_OPTIONS=

none

BL_REGION=

none

BL_SECRET=

none

BL_TOKEN=

none

BL_USE_ESCAPE=

NO

BL_USE_MANIFEST=

YES

BL_USE_SSL=

YES

BULKLOAD=

NO

BULKUNLOAD=

LIBNAME option value

CURSOR_TYPE=

LIBNAME option value

DBCOMMIT=

LIBNAME option value

DBCONDITION=

none

DBCREATE_TABLE_OPTS=

LIBNAME option value

DBFORCE=

NO

DBGEN_NAME=

DBMS

DBLABEL=

NO

DBLARGETABLE=

none

DBMAX_TEXT=

1024

DBNULL=

YES

DBNULLKEYS=

LIBNAME option value

DBPROMPT=

LIBNAME option value

DBSASLABEL=

COMPAT

DBSASTYPE=

See Data Types for Amazon Redshift

DBTYPE=

See Data Types for Amazon Redshift

ERRLIMIT=

1

IGNORE_READ_ONLY_COLUMNS=

NO

INSERT_SQL=

LIBNAME option value

INSERTBUFF=

LIBNAME option value

KEYSET_SIZE=

LIBNAME option value

NULLCHAR=

SAS

NULLCHARVAL=

a blank character

POST_STMT_OPTS=

none

POST_TABLE_OPTS=

none

PRE_STMT_OPTS=

none

PRE_TABLE_OPTS=

none

PRESERVE_COL_NAMES=

LIBNAME option value

QUALIFIER=

LIBNAME option value

QUERY_TIMEOUT=

LIBNAME option value

READBUFF=

LIBNAME option value

READ_LOCK_TYPE=

ROW

SASDATEFMT=

none

SCHEMA=

LIBNAME option value

SUB_CHAR=

none

UPDATE_ISOLATION_LEVEL=

LIBNAME option value

UPDATE_LOCK_TYPE=

LIBNAME option value

Last updated: February 3, 2026