9.5. Troubleshooting and Debugging Techniques
PROC SQL provides numerous troubleshooting and debugging capabilities for the practitioner to choose from. From statements to options to macro variables, you can use the various techniques to control the process of finding and gathering information about SQL procedure coding problems quickly and easily.
9.5.1. Validating Queries with the VALIDATE Statement
The SQL procedure syntax checker identifies syntax errors before any data is processed. Syntax checking is automatically turned on in the SQL procedure without any statements or options being specified. But to enable syntax checking without automatically executing a step, you can specify a VALIDATE statement at the beginning of a SELECT statement ...
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