Note: The order in which processing occurs is not the same as the order of the statements in the example. The first SELECT statement (the PROC SQL query) displays and formats the data that is ...

SQL has dominated data querying for decades. Newer query languages offer more elegance, simplicity, and flexibility for modern use cases.

And, it’s true that, at least initially, these new databases shunned SQL as a query language, most notably because the SQL language implies support for the relational model through join and other ...