A data frame corresponding to the SAS database. The returned data frame has an column.info attribute and other attributes that contain additional information about each field in the data frame, respectively. The column.info attribute is a list of lists, containing each of the following:
- name
The field name
- offset
The field offset in packed binary row data (bytes)
- length
The field length (bytes)
- type
The field type, either 'character' or 'numeric'
When the database specifies a field format and/or label, the following may also be present:
- format
The field display format
- label
The field label (usually a longer description)