A database about data and databases. A data dictionary holds the name, type, range of values, source and authorization for access for each data element in the organization's files and databases. It ...

For example, you can sort the observations in a normal SAS data set and store the output to another data set. However, in a relational DBMS, sorting data often has no effect on how it is stored.

proc access dbms=oracle; /* create access descriptor */ create adlib.invoice.access; user=scott; password=tiger; path='myorapath' table=invoice; assign=yes; rename invoicenum = invnum amtbilled = ...