The SQLinDS package [ver. 2.4.0]

The SQLinDS package [ver. 2.4.0]

You can use Proc SQL to populate hash table. Call to `%SQL()` has to be in double-quotes.

- File SHA256: `F*A3DC9400DEF1403DC9E191611790244A8B0FB23303D3A98D29777E46A1D4E8B4` for this version
- Content SHA256: `C*4A49F365C4EF8C5523393FDC1E11C344B023F449B3F1759BA27CFC6C1293A499` for this version

packages/README.md

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Packages:
 
 ---
 
-- **SQLinDS**\[2.3.3\], based on Mike Rhoads' article *Use the Full Power of SAS in Your Function-Style Macros*. The package allows to write SQL queries in the data step, e.g.
+- **SQLinDS**\[2.4.0\], based on Mike Rhoads' article *Use the Full Power of SAS in Your Function-Style Macros*. The package allows to write SQL queries in the data step, e.g.
 ```sas
 data class;
   set %SQL(
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ data class;
     WH = weight + height;
 run;
 ```
-SHA256 digest for SQLinDS: F*6CC51325BDCE164B2E811896DD1C3A6D44242F50CC313D0721350CA49975F628
+SHA256 digest for SQLinDS: F*A3DC9400DEF1403DC9E191611790244A8B0FB23303D3A98D29777E46A1D4E8B4
 
 [Documentation for SQLinDS](https://github.com/SASPAC/sqlinds/blob/main/sqlinds.md "Documentation for SQLinDS")
 

packages/SHA256_for_packages.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+/* 20260511 */
+SQLinDS: F*A3DC9400DEF1403DC9E191611790244A8B0FB23303D3A98D29777E46A1D4E8B4
+
 /* 20260217 */
 BasePlus: F*BD248E5F8CBD94B5F45467B723A73D97D646CD665BA98679F87C7A03A484E83E
 DFA: F*C1E5126D8EDE050A758BCB5DCCA56A37125B3646CE75F1CF41EDE00890901AD9

packages/sqlinds.md

@@ -9,17 +9,17 @@
 ### Version information:
   
 - Package: SQLinDS
-- Version: 2.3.3
+- Version: 2.4.0
-- Generated: 2026-02-17T08:25:24
+- Generated: 2026-05-11T14:15:07
 - Author(s): Mike Rhoads (RhoadsM1@Westat.com), contributor Bartosz Jablonski
 - Maintainer(s): Bartosz Jablonski (yabwon@gmail.com)
 - License: MIT
-- File SHA256: `F*6CC51325BDCE164B2E811896DD1C3A6D44242F50CC313D0721350CA49975F628` for this version
+- File SHA256: `F*A3DC9400DEF1403DC9E191611790244A8B0FB23303D3A98D29777E46A1D4E8B4` for this version
-- Content SHA256: `C*776741E40EB6DCD907640ACA674F092BFAF0F7DE031519B6B453D37F6D6959D9` for this version
+- Content SHA256: `C*4A49F365C4EF8C5523393FDC1E11C344B023F449B3F1759BA27CFC6C1293A499` for this version
   
 ---
  
-# The `SQLinDS` package, version: `2.3.3`;
+# The `SQLinDS` package, version: `2.4.0`;
   
 ---
  
@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@ localization (only if additional content was deployed during the installation pr
  
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
  
-*SAS package generated by SAS Package Framework, version `20260216`,*
+*SAS package generated by SAS Package Framework, version `20260411`,*
 *under `WIN`(`X64_10PRO`) operating system,*
-*using SAS release: `9.04.01M9P06042025`.*
+*using SAS release: `9.04.01M9P06052025`.*
  
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
  
@@ -155,18 +155,18 @@ Copy of the article can also be found in *additional content* directory.
 %sql(<nonempty Proc SQL query code>)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-The THE query code is limited to approximately *32000* bytes.
+The query code is limited to approximately *32000* bytes.
 
 ### EXAMPLES: #################################################################
 
-**EXAMPLE 1**: simple SQL query
+**EXAMPLE 1**: A simple SQL query.
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas
 data class_subset;
   set %SQL(select name, sex, height from sashelp.class where age > 12);
 run;
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-**EXAMPLE 2**: query with dataset options
+**EXAMPLE 2**: A query with dataset options.
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas
 data renamed;
   set %SQL(select name, age from sashelp.class 
@@ -175,12 +175,28 @@ data renamed;
 run;
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-**EXAMPLE 3**: Proc SQL dictionaries in the data step
+**EXAMPLE 3**: Proc SQL dictionaries in the data step.
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas
 data dictionary;
   set %SQL(select dict.* from dictionary.macros as dict);
 run;
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+**EXAMPLE 4**: Use Proc SQL to populate hash table. 
+               Call to `%SQL()` has to be in double-quotes.
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sas
+data _null_;
+  if 0 then set %SQL(SELECT name, age FROM sashelp.class);
+
+  declare hash H (dataset: "%SQL(SELECT name, age FROM sashelp.class)") ;
+  H.defineKey("age");
+  H.defineKey("name");
+  H.defineDone();
+
+  H.output(dataset:"output");
+  stop;
+run;
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 ---