Posts Tagged ‘ Coding Tips ’

Code: Keeping Code in the Trunk

December 16, 2012
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Last week while searching for a code snippet through several folders of information, I realized that the code was still on my old computer … ugh! One of my weekend projects was to organize my code examples somewhere –  I’m going to ...
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SAS Stored Process: Shake, Rattle, and a lil’ DelGobbo Style

November 7, 2012
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One of the great things about attending user conferences such as WUSS is that you get to meet all kinds of fun and interesting people.  Vince DelGobbo is a witty, smart, and clever SAS developer, who also happens to work at SAS Institute.  Vince work...
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SAS Administration: Process Data Faster in RDBMS by Buffering the Data in Memory

October 3, 2012
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SAS Administration: Process Data Faster in RDBMS by Buffering the Data in Memory

By default, accessing third party relational databases can be very slow if not configured properly.  I recently started using PostgreSQL 9.1, an open source database, to store high volumes of data for my SAS Global Forum 2013 paper.  At first it was taking forever to load up data because SAS was inserting 1 row...
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SAS Stored Process: Benefits of Minimalist Programming

September 20, 2012
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SAS Stored Process: Benefits of Minimalist Programming

Minimalism SAS stored processes can do a lot.  While I haven’t taken on the life of a true minimalist, recently I have come to see the benefits of limiting my stored process source code to just one statement.  And the best part of this practice is, I can still do everything I want. When...
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