ENGINE=

ENGINE=

Specifies the default access method for disk-format SAS data libraries

Language element: system option

Default: V8

Valid in: configuration file, SAS invocation, VMS_SAS_OPTIONS DCL symbol

OpenVMS specifics: valid values for engine-name

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Syntax

ENGINE=engine-name

engine-name

can be one of the following under OpenVMS:

V8: specifies the current default base engine (this is also known as the BASE engine).
V8TAPE: specifies the Version 8 TAPE SAS engine (this is also known as the TAPE engine).
V7: specifies the V7 SAS engine.
V7TAPE: specifies the Version 7 TAPE SAS engine.
V6: specifies the Version 6 SAS engine.
V6TAPE: specifies the Version 6 TAPE SAS engine.
V5: specifies the Version 5 SAS engine.
CONCUR: specifies the concurrency engine.
XPORT: specifies the transport engine. The XPORT engine reads or writes one or more SAS data sets in transport format.

Details

The ENGINE= system option specifies which engine name is associated with a SAS data library. The engine is used when a SAS data library points to an empty directory or a new file.

See Also

ENGINE= system option in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
Using SAS Engines

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Language element:	system option
Default:	V8
Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation, VMS_SAS_OPTIONS DCL symbol
OpenVMS specifics:	valid values for engine-name