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Validating SQL Query Syntax with the VALIDATE Statement
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Save 20% on This Month's Featured Book

This featured book is available at a 20% discount through April 30th! To ensure that you receive this discount, please reference the tracking code YN in the comments field for online orders. Be sure to reference this code in fax and telephone orders, too.

Title: PROC SQL: Beyond the Basics Using SAS
Author: Kirk Lafler
Description:
Master the language of PROC SQL! Get faster and better results when you use the SQL procedure with this step-by-step, example-driven guide in your hands. You will find information about implementing both American National Standards Institute (ANSI) guidelines and non-ANSI features. A broad range of SAS users including applications programmers, database designers and administrators, statisticians, and systems analysts will find techniques to enhance their data access, manipulation, and presentation prowess. Topics examined include database design; an introduction to SQL, dictionary tables, and tables; coding PROC SQL logic as well as complex queries; working with views; troubleshooting and debugging SQL code; and tuning for performance. With the growing popularity of databases, PROC SQL is becoming the language of choice for SAS users around the world. Intermediate and advanced users will appreciate the straightforward explanations and numerous examples.

Selling price: 51.00 EUR (before discount)
ISBN: 978-1-59047-534-8
Page count: 384
To learn more about this title or to purchase a copy, visit our online bookstore.


Validating SQL Query Syntax with the VALIDATE Statement

Wouldn't it be handy to check your SQL queries for syntax errors before the execution of any code or data being processed? Here's a tip that will show you how to make your job of troubleshooting and debugging your SQL queries easier. This tip written by SAS Press author Kirk Lafler.
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Interviews with Authors Don Henderson and James B. Davis

SAS Press' Authorline catches up with two of its authors, Don Henderson and James B. Davis.

Don Henderson is eagerly awaiting the publication of his new book Building Web Applications with SAS/IntrNet: A Guide to the Application Dispatcher, due out in April. Read more about the features of this new title as well as the motivation behind it. Statistics Using SAS Enterprise Guide, coming in May, is written by James B Davis. Find out why this title will benefit SAS users as well as what some of the favorite features are according to the author.


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