PROC SQL follows most of the guidelines set by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) in its implementation of SQL. However, it is not fully compliant with the current ANSI Standard for SQL.

Proc sql is a procedure that enables you to use SQL (Structured Query Language) statements to query, join, and manipulate data sets in SAS. SQL is a widely used language for database management ...

The PROC SQL CONNECT statement defines the connection between SAS and the Teradata DBMS. See Chapter 6, "SQL Procedure's Interaction with SAS/ACCESS Software" . The following section describes the ...

At initialization, SAS creates special read-only dictionary tables and views that contain information about each SAS session or batch job. Dictionary tables contain data or metadata about the SAS ...

Meanwhile, proc sql is ideal for manipulating data at the table level, performing complex queries and joins, creating summary statistics in one step, or using standard SQL syntax and functions.