Example Libname Statement to Connect to a local MySQL Database

Example SAS libname statement to connect to a local MySQL database:
libname mys mysql user=your-username password=your-password database=your-database-name server='127.0.0.1' port=3306;

The above would also work with
server='localhost'

To connect to a non-local database, simply change the IP address or server name of the server. Please note these statements will only work if the SAS/ACCESS interface is installed.

SAS Macro to Export All Datasets in Library as SPSS Files

/*********************************************
Export all datasets in library as SPSS
Looping code from Paper 93-26 by Edward Moore:
http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/sugi26/p093-26.pdf
Many thanks to the author.
*********************************************/
%MACRO exportSPSS(filepath, library);
/*----- Create Temporary Table -----*/
PROC SQL;
CREATE TABLE TempTable_sakg9389j AS
SELECT DISTINCT memname
FROM DICTIONARY.TABLES
WHERE LIBNAME="&library";
QUIT;


/*----- Scan through &tempListTable -----*/
DATA _NULL_;
IF 0 THEN SET TempTable_sakg9389j NOBS=X;
CALL SYMPUT('RECCOUNT',X);
STOP;
RUN;


/*----- Loop -----*/
%DO I=1 %TO &RECCOUNT;
/* Advance to the Ith record */
DATA _NULL_;
SET TempTable_sakg9389j (FIRSTOBS=&I);
CALL SYMPUT('tbl',COMPRESS(memname));
STOP;
RUN;
/* Export */
PROC EXPORT DATA= &library.&tbl 
            OUTFILE= "&filepath.\&tbl..sav"
            DBMS=SPSS REPLACE;
RUN;
%END;


/*----- Delete Temporary Table -----*/
PROC DATASETS noprint;
DELETE TempTable_sakg9389j;
QUIT;
%MEND exportSPSS;


%exportSPSS(C:\Users\USER_NAME\Documents, WORK);

Example Libname Statement to Connect to a Password-Protected Microsoft Access MDB File

Example SAS libname statement to connect to a password-protected MDB file:
LIBNAME myLib "\\filepath\database.mdb" DBPW="your_password";

In my experience, the password must always come after the file path.

PROC SQL: Select Values into Macro Variables

In SAS, it is possible to select/save values into macro variables within PROC SQL. Here are some examples:

One Variable (Summarized)
PROC SQL;
    SELECT SUM(field1)
    INTO :var1
    FROM table;
QUIT;


Multiple Variables (Summarized)
PROC SQL;
    SELECT SUM(field1), COUNT(field2)
    INTO :var1, :var2
    FROM table;
QUIT;


One Variable (Multiple values saved to an array)
PROC SQL;
    SELECT field1
    INTO :var1 - :var9999
    FROM table;
QUIT;


Multiple Variables (Multiple values saved to multiple arrays)
PROC SQL;
    SELECT field1, field2
    INTO :var1 - :var9999, :x1 - :x9999
    FROM table;
QUIT;

SAS User who needs to use R?

Are you a SAS user who needs to get something done in R? Instead of learning R, consider using some of the SAS <-> R resources available on the web.

The following website seems to have terrific resources for switching back and forth between the two: http://sas-and-r.blogspot.com/. Stack Overflow is probably the web's best resource for computer programming and configuration: http://stackoverflow.com/.