sas query file

[mernamaher]

Hello Dears,

When using sql query file in sas and write a select query as this example in sas documentation

SELECT debtRatio AS {:debtinc:decimal}, cause AS {:reason:string:8} timestamp AS {:ts:datetime}
    FROM hmeq_test WHERE badloan = {?:bad:decimal}

this query on loaded table in sas memory or query database direct ?

Thanks 

[ballardw]

Can you provide a link to the documentation page where you find that example.

There is a great deal of "documentation" available for SAS and some of it uses examples that connect to external data bases that have a wide variety of SQL syntax. It may not be possible to answer your question without seeing the context in the entire documentation.