Base SAS software supports Structured Query Language (SQL), the ANSI standard and widely used language that enables you to create, retrieve, and update database information. This title is your introductory, task-oriented resource for SQL as implemented through the SAS SQL procedure. With this title, you will learn the basics of using PROC...

This supplement describes the SAS/ACCESS features and options that are available for OLE DB. When you use this supplement along with SAS/ACCESS Interface to Relational Databases: Reference, you will have a comprehensive guide to SAS/ACCESS software for your database management system (DBMS). This supplement explains how SAS/ACCESS software...

This ambitious book is the first extended analysis of the intricate relationships between relativity theory, quantum mechanics, and Whitehead's cosmology....

This all-new edition of BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY has been totally redesigned and updated to encompass the latest photographic techniques, materials, and processes. It includes information on new and improved films and printing papers, automation, digital photography, and monochromatic and hand-colored images, as well as a portfolio...

This is not a book about algorithms . Certainly, it is full of algorithms , but that 's not what this book is about . This book is about possibilities . Its purpose is to present you not only with the prerequisite mandatory knowledge of the available problem-solving techniques , but more importantly to expand your ability to frame...

This book originates from the desire to perpetuate expertise in the field of performance evaluation, particularly for telecommunication systems and networks. It is obviously impossible to translate into a single work all the facets of an activity which encompasses many systems and a great variety of domains such as standardization,...

O'Reilly's Pocket Guides have earned a reputation as inexpensive, comprehensive, and compact guides that have the stuff but not the fluff. Every page of Linux Pocket Guide lives up to this billing. It clearly explains how to get up to speed quickly on day-to-day Linux use. Once you're up and running, Linux Pocket...

In today's world, creating and managing your business visibility is vital to maximizing your career and earning potential. How To Position Yourself As The Obvious Expert will...

We know a picture is worth a thousand words—so we went heavy on pictures and light on words in this easy-to-use guide. Color screenshots and brief instructions show you how to use all of Photoshop’s powerful features in no time. Follow along and learn to retouch photos, work with color, layers, channels, and masks, create...

This book stresses the application of the technology to non-traditional IT buyers such as video and music production studios and medical diagnostic...

The dot-com collapse generally discredited the idea of leveraging the Internet to build viable businesses. Many market pundits have decried the concept without examining the underlying dynamics associated with these companies' failures. The truth is, prior business models were built on a flawed business case, not bad technology....