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Ishaan
Calcite | Level 5

I am joining 2 large datasets in SAS DI using SQL join transformation. I am using inner join. Out of the below options which will take less time and why?
a)
Proc sql;
Create table abc as select a., b.city  from emp as a, emp_details as b
Where a.empid=b.empid;
Quit;
b)
Proc sql;
Create table abc as select a., b.city  from emp inner join emp_details as b
On a.empid=b.empid;
Quit;

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LinusH
Tourmaline | Level 20
Well, if you have the data, try and compare.
I would suspect that the performance is the same.
Data never sleeps
Ksharp
Super User
They both are the same code. I could expect the same performance either .

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