Data Set Options for Teradata

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

SAS/ACCESS Data Set Options for Teradata

Option

Default Value

BL_CONTROL=

creates a FastExport control file in the temporary file directory that is specified by the UTILLOC= system option with a platform-specific name

BL_DATAFILE=

creates a MultiLoad script file in the temporary file directory that is specified by the UTILLOC= system option or with a platform-specific name

BL_LOG=

FastLoad errors are logged in Teradata tables named TableName_SE1_randnum and TableName_SE2_randnum. TableName consists of up to the first 15 characters of the target table name, and randnum is a randomly generated number.

BUFFERS=

2

BULKLOAD=

NO

CAST=

none

CAST_OVERHEAD_MAXPERCENT=

20%

DBCOMMIT=

LIBNAME option value

DBCONDITION=

none

DBCONSTRAINT=

none

DBCREATE_TABLE_OPTS=

LIBNAME option value

DBFORCE=

NO

DBGEN_NAME=

DBMS

DBINDEX=

LIBNAME option value

DBKEY=

none

DBLABEL=

NO

DBLARGETABLE=

none

DBNULL=

none

DBSASLABEL=

COMPAT

DBSASTYPE=

see Data Types for Teradata

DBSLICE=

none

DBSLICEPARM=

none (no default value)

DBTYPE=

see Data Types for Teradata

ERRLIMIT=

1

FASTEXPORT=

NO

FASTLOAD=

NO

MBUFFSIZE=

0

ML_CHECKPOINT=

none

ML_ERROR1=

none

ML_ERROR2=

none

ML_LOG=

none

ML_RESTART=

none

ML_WORK=

none

MULTILOAD=

NO

MULTISTMT=

NO

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=

YES

QUERY_BAND=

none

READ_ISOLATION_LEVEL=

LIBNAME option value

READ_LOCK_TYPE=

LIBNAME option value

READ_MODE_WAIT=

LIBNAME option value

SASDATEFMT=

none

SCHEMA=

LIBNAME option value

SESSIONS=

none

SET=

NO

SLEEP=

6

TEMPORAL_QUALIFIER=

CURRENT VALIDTIME [valid-time column]CURRENT TRANSACTIONTIME [transaction-time column]

TENACITY=

0 [FastLoad], 4 [FastExport, MultiLoad]

TPT=

YES

TPT_APPL_PHASE=

NO

TPT_BLOCK_SIZE=

64330 for Teradata 15.10 and lower

16775168 for Teradata 16.00 and higher

TPT_BUFFER_SIZE=

64

TPT_CHECKPOINT_DATA=

none

TPT_DATA_ENCRYPTION=

none

TPT_ERROR_TABLE_1=

table_name_ET

TPT_ERROR_TABLE_2=

table_name_UV

TPT_LOG_TABLE=

table_name_RS

TPT_MAX_SESSIONS=

4

TPT_MIN_SESSION=

1 session

TPT_PACK=

20

TPT_PACKMAXIMUM=

NO

TPT_RESTART=

NO

TPT_TRACE_LEVEL=

1

TPT_TRACE_LEVEL_INF=

1

TPT_TRACE_OUTPUT=

driver name, followed by a timestamp

TPT_WORK_TABLE=

table_name_WT

UPDATE_ISOLATION_LEVEL=

LIBNAME option value

UPDATE_LOCK_TYPE=

LIBNAME option value

UPDATE_MODE_WAIT=

LIBNAME option value

UPSERT=

NO

UPSERT_CONDITION=

none

UPSERT_WHERE=

none

Last updated: February 3, 2026