TheSQLprocedureisSAS’implementationofStructuredQueryLanguage.PROCSQLispartofBaseSASsoftware,andyoucanuseitwithanySASdataset(table).Often,PROCSQLcanbeanalternativetootherSASproceduresortheDATAstep.YoucanuseSASlanguageelementssuchasglobalstatements,datasetoptions,functions,info