The Essential PROC SQL Handbook for SAS Users

Paperback: 588 pages 公卫论坛
Publisher: SAS Publishing (May 30, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1590475712
ISBN-13: 978-1590475713
Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 7.5 x 1.1 inches

Navigate the world of the powerful SQL procedure with The 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.

I strongly advocate this superior manuscript for use in training, and in employing SAS®. The approach is straight-forward and comprehendible. -- Greg H. Smith, OCP DBA SAIT (Southern Alberta Institute of Technology)

I think this book is very interesting and educational. It has a logical progression that would fit well as an educational textbook. I may add this book to the curriculum, but would definitely recommend it as another reference textbook for my DBA program. --Mark Perry, Oracle Database Administrator, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT)

The Essential PROC SQL Handbook for SAS Users is a well-organized, well-thought out, and very handy reference guide. It is a veritable tome for SQL usage in SAS, a must-have for any SAS user who pulls data from relational tables. --Robert Schroko, Saks Fifth Avenue

This book is a well-organized, handy reference guide, an absolute must-have for SAS® users who pull data from relational tables. -- Robert Schroko Saks Fifth Avenue

This book is the ideal reference for a SQL programmer, novice to expert, new to working in the SAS® environment. -- Sean O'Neill Citi Cards, Information Business 公卫百科

This book is very interesting and educational. It has a logical progression that would fit well as an educational textbook. -- Mark Perry, Oracle Database Administrator Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT)

What a versatile book! It's a tutorial for SAS users that have never used SQL. It's a step-by-step guide for programmers that need to convert existing SQL code into SAS PROC SQL. It is also a resource that any experienced SAS user will find invaluable. Even those who have been using PROC SQL for years can improve their code efficiency and sophistication by spending just a short amount of time with this handbook. --Meredith Sterling Bechtold, SAS user

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What a versatile book! It’s a tutorial, step-by-step guide, resource, and a great reference for any level of SAS® users. -- Meredith Sterling Bechtold, SAS user

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