Learn how to master the SELECT statement to form truly useful data queries. This article explains functions, clauses, and keywords that will make your life a lot easier.

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. ... , memtype char(8) label='Member Type', name char(32 ...

The column headings you see in the VIEWTABLE screen are labels. To see what the name of the column heading actually is, click on the column heading. This invokes the SAS: Column Attributes screen, ...