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 Reading and Writing data to Other DBMS’s

◦ SAS Access Libname Method

◦ SAS Connect Pass Thru SQL (RSPT)
◦ Proc Dbload / Proc Access
◦ Which one to Choose and when ??

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  The LIBNAME statement
LIBNAME libref oracle <connection-options>
<LIBNAME-options>;
DBCOMMIT=n
PRESERVE_COL_NAMES=NO | YES
PRESERVE_TAB_NAMES=NO | YES
enables you to assign SAS
librefs to DBMS objects such
as schemas and databases.
After a database is associated
with a libref, you can use a
SAS two-level name to specify
any table or view in the
database and then work with
the table or view as you
would with a SAS data set.
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 Proc sql;
Create table orcl.ap as
Select * from perm.airports;
libname orcl oracle user=scott Quit;
password=tiger path="ORCL";
Proc sql;
Options sastrace=‘,,,d’; Create table orcl.ap1 as
Select * from perm.admitjune A,
data orcl.admit; perm.admit B
input x y; Where A.id=B.id;
cards;
Quit;
12
34
56 libname orcl db2 user=scott
; password=tiger path=“DB2";
run;
Proc sql;
data orcl.ap; Create table orcl.ap1 as
set perm.airports; Select * from orcl.ap A, db2.ap B
run; Where A.id=B.id;
Quit;

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 The Pass-Through Facility
enables you to interact
with a data source using
its native SQL syntax
without leaving your SAS
session. The SQL
statements are passed
directly to the data source
for processing.

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Creating SAS dataset from Creating a DBMS table from two
DBMS table DBMS tables

proc sql;
connect to oracle (user=scott
password=tiger path="ORCL");
create table work.cool as
select * from connection to oracle
(select A.*
from info A, descr B
where A.FlightID=B.FlightID );
disconnect from oracle;
quit;
proc sql;
connect to oracle (user=scott
password=tiger path="ORCL");
execute(create table Sharad as
select A.*
from info A, descr B
where A.FlightID=B.FlightID) by
oracle;
execute(COMMIT) by oracle;
disconnect from oracle;
quit;

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proc dbload dbms=oracle  The ACCESS and
data=perm.admit; *SAS dataset; DBLOAD procedures
user=scott; support indirect access
password=tiger;
to DBMS data. These
path='ORCL';
procedures are no longer
table=newemp; *DBMS Table;
the recommended
commit=100;
errlimit=10;
method for accessing
load; run; DBMS data, but they
continue to be supported
for the database systems
and environments on
which they were
available for SAS Version
6.

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 Usually the fastest and most direct
method.. An exception to this is
when you need to use non-ANSI
standard SQL.
 Only way to Join data on Two
different DBMS.
 Significantly fewer lines of SAS code.
 You do not need to know the SQL
language of your DBMS.
 The LIBNAME statement provides
more control over DBMS operations
such as locking, spooling, and data
type conversion through the use of
LIBNAME and data set options.
 The engine can optimize the
processing of joins and WHERE
clauses by passing these operations
directly to the DBMS.
 The engine can pass some functions
directly to the DBMS for processing.
 Pass-Through Facility statements
enable the DBMS to optimize
queries, particularly when you
join tables.
 The DBMS optimizer can take
advantage of indexes on DBMS
columns to process a query more
quickly and efficiently.
 Pass-Through Facility statements
enable the DBMS to optimize
queries when the queries have
summary functions.
 Pass-Through Facility statements
give you better access to DBMS
return codes.
 The Pass-Through Facility accepts
all the extensions to ANSI SQL
that are provided by your DBMS
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