Skip to Main Content
SAS Certified Professional Prep Guide
book

SAS Certified Professional Prep Guide

by SAS Institute
October 2019
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
430 pages
19h 4m
English
SAS Institute
Content preview from SAS Certified Professional Prep Guide

The ORDER BY Clause

A Brief Overview

The order of rows in the output of a PROC SQL query cannot be guaranteed, unless you specify a sort order with the ORDER BY clause. Specify the keywords ORDER BY, followed by one or more column names separated by commas.
Figure 1.1 SORT Methods for ORDER BY
SORT Methods for ORDER BY
Without an ORDER BY clause, the order of the output rows is determined by the internal processing of PROC SQL, the default collating sequence of SAS, and your operating environment. Therefore, if you want your result table to appear in a particular order, use the ORDER BY clause. Here are details about sort order:
  • The PROC SQL default sort ...
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Start your free trial

You might also like

SAS Certified Specialist Prep Guide

SAS Certified Specialist Prep Guide

SAS Institute
SAS in Practice

SAS in Practice

Ekta Saraogi

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781642954692