The FedSQL Procedure

A Brief Overview

SAS FedSQL is a SAS proprietary implementation of ANSI SQL:1999 core standard. It provides support for new data types and other ANSI 1999 core compliance features and proprietary extensions.
At the highest level, FedSQL provides a common ANSI SQL syntax across all data sources. FedSQL is a vendor-neutral SQL dialect that accesses data from various data sources without having to submit queries in the SQL dialect that is specific to the data source (or DBMS). An ANSI standard SQL allows for as much processing to be pushed into a DBMS as possible.
FedSQL is not a replacement for PROC SQL. On the contrary, both are tools that are used for specific scenarios. They offer different strengths for different situations. ...

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