What is the difference between SAS Data step and SAS PROC SQL,
and which is better?



What is the difference between SAS Data step and SAS PROC SQL, and which is better?..

Answer / pallavi

1)Syntax is different
2
3)benefit of PROC SQL is its ability to process unsorted
data and create tables in a sorted fashion
4)Performing an OUTER UNION is very similar to the DATA step
with a SET statement referencing two or more data sets
5)Establish a connection with a RDBMS a)LIBNAME in dataset
b)CONNECT DISCONNECT in proc SQL

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