Discover the SQL Query window, which provides an easy-to-use windowing interface to the SQL procedure. A comprehensive overview and step-by-step examples show you how to query SAS data sets and data from database management systems. The SQL Query window supports the PROC SQL Pass-Through facility and enables you to access data through remote hosts using SAS/CONNECT software. You can also design reports with PROC REPORT based on your SQL Query window's output. This title is written for those who are familiar with basic SAS terminology and concepts. No previous experience with PROC SQL or SAS code is needed. This title is available for purchase as a hardcopy book or e-book, or in the SAS OnlineDoc CD-ROM with PDF files. The HTML version of the SAS OnlineDoc CD-ROM is shipped free with Version 8.

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. This book is part of the SAS Press program.

Step-by-step examples are your guide as you use the windowing interface to the SQL procedure. The SQL Query window supports the PROC SQL Pass-Through Facility and enables you to access data through remote hosts using SAS/CONNECT software. You can also design reports with PROC REPORT based on your SQL Query window's output. In this guide you will learn basic query concepts, how to perform basic queries on single and multiple tablesm how to use advanced SQL Query window features, and how to customize the SQL Query window environment. This title is also available online. This guide is written for those who are familiar with basic SAS terminology and concepts. No previous experience with PROC SQL or SAS code is needed. Supports releases 9.1 and higher of SAS software.

Explains how to design reports with PROC REPORT based on your output from the SQL Query Window. Covers basic query concepts, how to perform queries on single and multiple tables, how to use advanced SQL Query Window features, and how to customize the SQL Query Window environment.

This is your introductory, task-oriented resource for the Structured Query Language as implemented through the SAS SQL procedure. Detailed examples show you how to enhance performance using PROC SQL with database management systems (DBMSs), the macro facility, SAS Component Language (SCL), and the Output Delivery System (ODS). This book is intended for users with a working knowledge of SAS programming. No knowledge of SQL or relational databases is assumed.