Extract the primary key fields from a table or library. More...

Detailed Description

Examines the constraints to identify primary key fields - indicated by an explicit PK constraint, or a unique index that is also NOT NULL.

Can be executed at both table and library level. Supports both BASE engine libraries and SQL Server.

Usage:

proc sql;
create table work.example(
  TX_FROM float format=datetime19.,
  DD_TYPE char(16),
  DD_SOURCE char(2048),
  DD_SHORTDESC char(256),
  constraint pk primary key(tx_from, dd_type,dd_source),
  constraint unq unique(tx_from, dd_type),
  constraint nnn not null(DD_SHORTDESC)
);
%mp_getpk(work,ds=example)

Returns:

libref:$8.	dsn:$32.	memtype:$8.	dbms_memtype:$32.	typemem:$8.	memlabel:$256.	nvar:best.	compress:$8.	pk_fields:$512.
WORK	EXAMPLE	DATA		DATA		4	NO	TX_FROM DD_TYPE DD_SOURCE

Parameters

[in]	lib	The libref to examine
[in]	ds=	(0) Select the dataset to examine, else use 0 for all tables
[in]	mdebug=	(0) Set to 1 to preserve temp tables, print var values etc
[out]	outds=	(work.mp_getpk) The name of the output table to create.

SAS Macros

Related Macros

Version: 9.3

Author: Macro People Ltd

Definition in file mp_getpk.sas.