The CREATE TABLE Statement

A Brief Overview

PROC SQL offers you three ways to create a table. The CREATE TABLE statement is used for all three methods, although the statement syntax varies for each method.
Method of Creating a Table
Example
create an empty table by defining columns
 
proc sql;
   create table work.discount
      (Destination char(3),
       BeginDate num Format=date9.,
       EndDate num format=date9.,
       Discount num);
quit;
create an empty table that is like (has the same columns and attributes as) an existing table
 
proc sql;
   create table work.flightdelays2
      like certadv.flightdelays;
quit;
create a populated table (a table with both columns and rows of data) from a query result
 
proc sql;
   create table work.ticketagents ...

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