Database description statements are required only when you create access descriptors. Because ORACLE information is stored in an access descriptor, you do not need to repeat this information when you ...

As in other PROC and DATA steps, you can use only a view descriptor or other SAS data set in an SQL procedure statement, not an access descriptor. You can usually only browse data retrieved using a ...

To access the first data source, you have to keep in mind that Oracle will take your table name and pass it to the ODBC driver. The Microsoft Text Driver ODBC driver expects a file name, so the ...