Data Set Options for Snowflake

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

SAS/ACCESS Data Set Options for Snowflake
Option	Default Value
BL_ACCOUNTNAME=	LIBNAME option value
BL_APPLICATIONID=	LIBNAME option value
BL_AWS_CONFIG_FILE=	~/.aws/config or \\.aws\\config
BL_AWS_CREDENTIALS_FILE=	~/.aws/credentials
BL_AWS_PROFILE_NAME=	none
BL_AZURE_SAS=	LIBNAME option value
BL_BUCKET=	none
BL_COMPRESS=	NO
BL_CONFIG=	none
BL_DEFAULT_DIR=	temporary file directory that the UTILLOC= system option specifies
BL_DELETE_DATAFILE=	YES
BL_DELIMITER=	0x07 (ASCII character)
BL_DNSSUFFIX=	LIBNAME option value
BL_ENCKEY=	none
BL_FORMAT_OPT=	NONE
BL_INTERNAL_STAGE=	none (see Bulk Loading and Unloading for Snowflake)
BL_KEY=	none
BL_NUM_DATAFILES=	LIBNAME option value
BL_NUM_READ_THREADS=	none
BL_OPTIONS=	none
BL_REGION=	none
BL_SECRET=	none
BL_TIMEOUT=	LIBNAME option value
BL_TOKEN=	none
BL_USE_ESCAPE=	NO
BL_USE_SSL=	none
BULKLOAD=	none
BULKUNLOAD=	NO
DBCOMMIT=	LIBNAME option value
DBCONDITION=	none
DBCREATE_TABLE_OPTS=	LIBNAME option value
DBFORCE=	NO
DBGEN_NAME=	DBMS
DBKEY=	none
DBLABEL=	NO
DBLARGETABLE=	none
DBMAX_TEXT=	1024
DBNULL=	YES
DBNULLKEYS=	LIBNAME option value
DBPROMPT=	LIBNAME option value
DBSASLABEL=	COMPAT
DBSASTYPE=	see Data Types for Snowflake
DBTYPE=	see Data Types for Snowflake
ERRLIMIT=	1
INSERTBUFF=	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_TAG=	none
QUERY_TIMEOUT=	LIBNAME option value
READBUFF=	LIBNAME option value
SASDATEFMT=	none
SCANSTRINGCOLUMNS=	LIBNAME option value
SCHEMA=	LIBNAME option value

Last updated: February 3, 2026