Specifies whether backslashes in literals are preserved during data copy from a SAS data set to a table.
| Valid in: | SAS/ACCESS LIBNAME statement |
|---|---|
| Category: | Data Set Control |
| Default: | NO |
| Data source: | MySQL |
| See: | ESCAPE_BACKSLASH= data set option |
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specifies that an additional backslash is inserted in every literal value that already contains a backslash.
specifies that backslashes that exist in literal values are not preserved. An error results.
MySQL uses the backslash as an escape character. When data that is copied from a SAS data set to a MySQL table contains backslashes in literal values, the MySQL interface can preserve these if ESCAPE_BACKSLASH=YES.