The solution is to use SQL views, materialized views, or create a new table that contains only the filtered data the user needs.

When executed, a PROC SQL view's output can be a subset or superset of one or more underlying files. Beginning in Version 7, you can reference a simple PROC SQL view to update its underlying data. SAS ...

PROC SQL views PROC SQL views can combine data from many different file formats. PROC SQL views can both read and update the data that they reference.

Peter steals another tip from a reader: Entity Framework isn't just for tables and stored procedures. Leveraging SQL Server views can simplify your code.

When you use index views in the right situations, they can dramatically improve the performance of SQL Server queries. Tim Chapman explains why performance testing is the best way to tell if ...

Twice in the past couple of months I’ve gotten tripped up by the same data issue when using LINQ to Entities in the .NET framework. I create a simple view in my database which performs some ...

I've installed Horizon View, VMware's Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) product, dozens of times over the past decade. With each release, for the most part, the installation process gets easier and ...

I'm using MSSQL Server 2000. Is it possible to use SET statements in views. I need to use SET ARITHIGNORE ON & SET ARITHABORT OFF to allow a divide/0 to return null (which I can change to 0 using ...

Microsoft gave users another reason to download its free SQL Server Reporting Services add-on when it acquired small, privately held ActiveViews. Actually, “small” in this context is something ...