REPLACE Subcommand (SAVE TRANSLATE command)
REPLACE
gives
permission to overwrite an existing file (or database table) of the
same name. REPLACE
takes no further
specifications.
-
SAVE TRANSLATE
will not overwrite an existing file without an explicitREPLACE
subcommand. The default behavior is to not overwrite. - For database tables (
TYPE=ODBC
),APPEND
andREPLACE
are mutually exclusive.
Note: For database tables, REPLACE
destroys an existing table and replaces
it with the data written by the SAVE TRANSLATE
command, which may lead to loss of database-specific information,
such as the designation of key variables (fields) and data formats. If you want to update an
existing table with new values in some existing rows or by adding
additional fields to the table, see the SQL subcommand.