SQL Server is one of the best products to come out of Microsoft, but not every professional knows how to use it effectively. For example, some might find it difficult to create a stored procedure but ...

Although the SQL Procedure Pass-Through Facility has always passed joins to the DBMS, it is now possible to pass joins to the DBMS without using Pass-Through. Beginning in Version 7, the LIBNAME ...

SQL Server also provides a parallel to Windows groups, called roles. There are two types of roles, one for the server and one for the database. Server roles are groups that allow you to control the ...

SQL Server has a long list of roles for server, database, and applications that outline things like permissions, data selection and modification, and disk management. Examine how roles play a part in ...

Note: See the appendix for a description of DLIB.OUTOFSTK. You can use the SQL procedure to create a view that joins the data from these three sources and displays their output. The SAS WHERE or ...