The Essential Proc SQL Handbook

For SAS Users

By: Katherine Prairie

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Paperback | 15 May 2005

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Navigate the world of the powerful SQL procedure with Katherine Prairie's Essential PROC SQL Handbook for SAS Users. Written in an easy-to-use, logical format, this comprehensive reference focuses on the functionality of the procedure, as well as the accomplishment of common tasks using PROC SQL, enabling readers to quickly develop and enhance their SQL skills. Features include more than 300 examples of PROC SQL code, plus queries and diagrams showing how the statements are processed, tips and techniques highlighting "need-to-know" concepts, and an appendix designed specifically for SQL Pass-Through Facility and SAS/ACCESS users. This practical guide is written for SAS users of all levels who want to learn how to integrate the SQL procedure into their Base SAS and/or SAS/ACCESS programs as well as SQL programmers who want to adapt their current skills to SAS.

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Foreword	p. vii
Introduction to PROC SQL	p. 1
A little history	p. 2
PROC SQL statements	p. 3
Why learn PROC SQL?	p. 3
Adaptability	p. 7
When not to use PROC SQL	p. 9
The PROC SQL advantage	p. 10
Working with PROC SQL	p. 11
PROC SQL concepts	p. 12
PROC SQL versus SAS DATA Step	p. 20
PROC SQL naming convention	p. 25
PROC SQL comments	p. 27
LIBNAME statement	p. 28
DESCRIBE statement	p. 30
Working with databases	p. 31
PROC SQL options	p. 35
PROC SQL output options	p. 41
Understanding the SELECT Statement	p. 45
SELECT statement	p. 46
SQL Pass-Through Facility SELECT statement	p. 50
SELECT and FROM clauses	p. 52
SELECT clause	p. 54
FROM clause	p. 69
WHERE clause	p. 72
ORDER BY clause	p. 97
GROUP BY clause	p. 102
HAVING clause	p. 115
ON clause	p. 123
USING clause	p. 125
INTO clause	p. 127
Putting it all together	p. 128
Functions	p. 131
SAS functions and PROC SQL	p. 131
Single functions	p. 135
Summary Functions	p. 150
Working with Two or More Tables	p. 161
Join operations	p. 162
Set operators	p. 210
Subqueries	p. 231
Putting it all together	p. 261
Creating and Managing Tables and Views	p. 265
Why use tables and views?	p. 266
Creating tables	p. 271
Creating views	p. 292
Effective use of indexes	p. 302
Modifying tables and views	p. 331
Putting it all together	p. 376
Building Interactive Applications	p. 385
Validating SQL statements	p. 386
Use of macro variables	p. 386
SAS Component Language (SCL) for user input	p. 411
htmSQL	p. 419
Dictionary tables	p. 435
Putting it all together	p. 448
PROC SQL Enhancements in Version 9	p. 453
Working with PROC SQL	p. 454
Understanding the SELECT statement	p. 461
Functions	p. 462
Creating and maintaining tables	p. 462
Interactive applications	p. 462
SAS/ACCESS interface	p. 465
Bluesky Publishing Tables	p. 469
Bluesky Publishing Tables	p. 481
Information for Database Users	p. 493
Quick References	p. 525
References	p. 543
Index	p. 545
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