The previous examples showed how to read DBMS data and perform operations on the data in SAS. You can also perform operations on data directly in your DBMS by using the SQL procedure. The following ...

Instead, you should use ANSI SQL, which is a platform-independent database language. Whenprogramming for DBMS independence, not all systems fully support the ANSI SQL standard.

The SQL Procedure Pass-Through Facility is an extension of the SQL procedure that enables you to send DBMS-specific statements to a DBMS and to retrieve DBMS data.