Any data that does not fall into the traditional field structure (alpha, numeric, dates) of a relational DBMS. Examples of complex data types are bills of materials, word processing documents ...

In this example, you create a simple table to test for yourself how the options work. To use name literals, you must specify the SAS system option VALIDVARNAME=ANY. Notice that you print the new DBMS ...

In Version 7, you can specify librefs based on DBMS data that you create by using the SAS/ACCESS LIBNAME statement. See Using DBMS Data in Version 7 and Version 8 for examples. If you are using ...