Data Set Options for Greenplum

All SAS/ACCESS data set options in this table are supported for Greenplum. Default values are provided where applicable. For details, see Data Set Options for Relational Databases.

SAS/ACCESS Data Set Options for Greenplum
Option	Default Value
BL_DATAFILE_EXISTS=	NO
BL_DATAFILE=	none
BL_DELETE_DATAFILE=	none
BL_DELIMITER=	\|
BL_ENCODING=	DEFAULT
BL_ESCAPE=	\
BL_EXCEPTION=	none
BL_EXECUTE_CMD=	none
BL_EXECUTE_LOCATION=	none
BL_EXTERNAL_WEB=	NO
BL_FORCE_NOT_NULL=	none
BL_FORMAT=	TEXT
BL_HEADER=	NO
BL_HOST=	127.0.0.1
BL_NULL=	'\N' [TEXT mode], unquoted empty value [CSV mode]
BL_PORT=	8080
BL_PROTOCOL=	'gpfdist'
BL_QUOTE=	" (double quotation mark)
BL_REJECT_LIMIT=	none
BL_REJECT_TYPE=	ROWS
BL_USE_PIPE=	NO
BULKLOAD=	none
DBCOMMIT=	LIBNAME option value
DBCONDITION=	none
DBCREATE_TABLE_OPTS=	LIBNAME option value
DBFORCE=	none
DBGEN_NAME=	DBMS
DBINDEX=	NO
DBKEY=	none
DBLABEL=	none
DBLARGETABLE=	none
DBMAX_TEXT=	1024
DBNULL=	none
DBNULLKEYS=	LIBNAME option value
DBPROMPT=	LIBNAME option value
DBSASTYPE=	see Data Types for Greenplum
DBSLICE=	none
DBSLICEPARM=	NONE
DBTYPE=	see Data Types for Greenplum
DISTRIBUTED_BY=	DISTRIBUTED_RANDOMLY
ERRLIMIT=	1
IGNORE_READ_ONLY_COLUMNS=	none
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
QUERY_TIMEOUT=	LIBNAME option value
READ_ISOLATION_LEVEL=	LIBNAME option value
READ_LOCK_TYPE=	LIBNAME option value
READBUFF=	LIBNAME option value
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