Chapter 4. Data Manipulation Part 1: Queries
Introduction
Now we get down to some specifics, with the first of two chapters looking at manipulating information.
SAS Enterprise Guide has a number of built-in methods of manipulating data. Behind the scenes, its primary tool for this task is Structured Query Language (SQL). This chapter introduces SQL and its use in SAS Enterprise Guide. It also demonstrates some of the advantages to be gained with a little extra SQL knowledge.
What Is SQL?
Structured Query Language (SQL) is a programming language designed to work with the new breed of relational databases that emerged during the late 1970s and early1980s.
Over time, relational database management systems (RDBMS) have become so accepted as a method of ...
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