https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-is-SQLOBS-populated-when-selecting-Oracle-data/m-p/14764#M1891 SQLOBS is set by PROC SQL. It's set even if you're not reading from an external database at all.<BR /> <BR /> SQLOOPS is also set, but I have idea how PROC SQL sets the value. Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:05:49 GMT JackHamilton 2009-04-02T20:05:49Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-is-SQLOBS-populated-when-selecting-Oracle-data/m-p/14763#M1890 Is sqlobs just a byproduct of creating a resulting SAS dataset or is sqlobs a SAS name for an existing Oracle variable? Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:12:42 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-is-SQLOBS-populated-when-selecting-Oracle-data/m-p/14763#M1890 JMarkW 2009-04-02T19:12:42Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-is-SQLOBS-populated-when-selecting-Oracle-data/m-p/14764#M1891 SQLOBS is set by PROC SQL. It's set even if you're not reading from an external database at all.<BR /> <BR /> SQLOOPS is also set, but I have idea how PROC SQL sets the value. Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:05:49 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-is-SQLOBS-populated-when-selecting-Oracle-data/m-p/14764#M1891 JackHamilton 2009-04-02T20:05:49Z