SQL (Structured Query Language) is a programming language used to communicate with and manipulate databases. Learn its history and when to use it.

The solution is to use SQL views, materialized views, or create a new table that contains only the filtered data the user needs.

When executed, a PROC SQL view's output can be a subset or superset of one or more underlying files. Beginning in Version 7, you can reference a simple PROC SQL view to update its underlying data. SAS ...