The sas/access interface is attempting to make the behavior of an external dbms and sas datasets transparant. Yes the "proc datasets" will do some tricks like "delete a:" .
You must have del data definition language access.
Can you do all tricks of "proc datasets" NO.
That is because the proc datasets was designed for sas datasets and the audit trail gig concepts are not existent with an external dbms.
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