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In SAS , Mainly Data Step Works on Program Data Vector ( PDV) .

 

In SAS , Then how Proc SQL Works ( backend Operations) ?

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In SAS , Mainly Data Step Works on Program Data Vector ( PDV) .

 -- In datastep, this always works using PDV

 

In SAS , Then how Proc SQL Works ( backend Operations) ?

  -- SAS implements a ANSI parser and compiler which you can access through a procedure.  It operates like any other ANSI SQL compiler.  You can see it processing by adding the options _tree and _method:

http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/sugi30/101-30.pdf

You will also find a lot of information in the docs:

http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/sqlproc/63043/HTML/default/viewer.htm#titlepage.htm

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Diamond | Level 26 RW9
Diamond | Level 26

In SAS , Mainly Data Step Works on Program Data Vector ( PDV) .

 -- In datastep, this always works using PDV

 

In SAS , Then how Proc SQL Works ( backend Operations) ?

  -- SAS implements a ANSI parser and compiler which you can access through a procedure.  It operates like any other ANSI SQL compiler.  You can see it processing by adding the options _tree and _method:

http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/sugi30/101-30.pdf

You will also find a lot of information in the docs:

http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/sqlproc/63043/HTML/default/viewer.htm#titlepage.htm

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