Assigns library directly using details from metadata. More...

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Detailed Description

Queries metadata to get the libname definition then allocates the library directly (ie, not using the META engine). usage:

%mm_assignDirectLib(MyLib);
data x; set mylib.sometable; run;

%mm_assignDirectLib(MyDB,open_passthrough=MyAlias);
create table MyTable as
  select * from connection to MyAlias( select * from DBTable);
disconnect from MyAlias;
quit;

Dependencies

• mf_getengine.sas
• mf_abort.sas

Parameters

libref	the libref (not name) of the metadata library
open_passthrough=	provide an alias to produce the CONNECT TO statement for the relevant external database
sql_options=	an override default output fileref to avoid naming clash
mDebug=	set to 1 to show debug messages in the log
mAbort=	set to 1 to call mf_abort().

Returns

libname statement

Version

9.2

Author

Allan Bowe

Definition in file mm_assigndirectlib.sas.