Data Set Options for SAP ASE

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

SAS/ACCESS Data Set Options for SAP ASE

Option

Default Value

AUTOCOMMIT=

LIBNAME option value

BULK_BUFFER=

100

BULKLOAD=

NO

DBCOMMIT=

LIBNAME option value

DBCONDITION=

none

DBCREATE_TABLE_OPTS=

LIBNAME option value

DBFORCE=

NO

DBGEN_NAME=

LIBNAME option value

DBINDEX=

LIBNAME option value

DBKEY=

none

DBLABEL=

NO

DBLINK=

LIBNAME option value

DBLARGETABLE=

none

DBMAX_TEXT=

1024

DBNULL=

_ALL_=YES

DBPROMPT=

LIBNAME option value

DBSASLABEL=

COMPAT

DBSLICE=

none

DBSLICEPARM=

THREADED_APPS,2 or THREADED_APPS,3

DBTYPE=

see Data Types for SAP ASE

ERRLIMIT=

1

NULLCHAR=

SAS

NULLCHARVAL=

a blank character

POST_STMT_OPTS=

none

POST_TABLE_OPTS=

none

PRE_STMT_OPTS=

none

PRE_TABLE_OPTS=

none

READBUFF=

LIBNAME option value

READ_ISOLATION_LEVEL=

LIBNAME option value

READ_LOCK_TYPE=

LIBNAME option value

SASDATEFMT=

DATETIME22.3

SCHEMA=

LIBNAME option value

SEGMENT_NAME=

none

UPDATE_ISOLATION_LEVEL=

LIBNAME option value

UPDATE_LOCK_TYPE=

LIBNAME option value

Last updated: February 3, 2026