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. Data from DICTIONARY tables are generated at run time.

A relational DBMS requires a system catalog, but it may be called something different depending upon the particular DBMS you are using: In Oracle it is referred to as the Data Dictionary. In SQL ...

General Notes on Oracle Data Dictionary The Oracle Data Dictionary contains metadata that is readily available via database views.

If you look at the challenges facing those charged with building platforms to power data-driven companies, we’ve made a lot of progress but vexing questions remain. One of the most important is ...

This section describes how to retrieve DBMS data by using the statements and components of the SQL Procedure Pass-Through Facility to access DBMS data. The Pass-Through Facility uses the SAS/ACCESS ...

How to Create a CLOB in Oracle. Oracle's namesake database management system has a data type called a CLOB, or Character Large OBject. Though the standard character data type, called CHAR, has a ...