SQL views evaluate the data in the tables underlying the view’s definition when they’re queried. So, the benefit of using SQL views is that they always return the latest data.

The DICTIONARY tables component is specified in the FROM clause of a SELECT statement. DICTIONARY is a reserved libref for use only in PROC SQL. Data from DICTIONARY tables are generated at run time.

When a PROC SQL query contains subqueries or inline views, the innermost query is evaluated first. In this example, data is retrieved from the SYBASE EMPLOYEES table and returned to the subquery for ...