The following examples use the SQL procedure to query, update, and create DBMS tables. Querying a DBMS Table This example uses the SQL procedure to query the ORACLE table PAYROLL. The PROC SQL query ...

The DICTIONARY tables component is specified in the FROM clause of a SELECT statement. DICTIONARY is a reserved libref for use only in PROC SQL. Data from DICTIONARY tables are generated at run time.

If your business uses relational databases to store data, it helps to use the SQL SELECT command with the INTO clause to create new tables from query results. This method isn't ANSI-standard SQL, but ...