SAS/ACCESS Software for PC File Formats: Reference

Introduction

You use the ACCESS procedure to create descriptor files that enable SAS/ACCESS software to access supported PC file formats. This chapter provides general reference information for the ACCESS procedure; more detailed information specific to supported file formats is provided in Chapters 5 and later.

In this chapter, the PROC ACCESS statement and its options are presented first, followed by the procedure statements. The last section, Performance and Efficient View Descriptors, presents several efficiency considerations for using SAS/ACCESS software.

For a quick reference to ACCESS procedure syntax, see the tab page enclosed with your PC file format chapter.

For full information, refer to your base SAS reference documentation and the SAS documentation for your operating environment.

To get online help for the ACCESS procedure, select the Help menu.

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