The SAS Dummy
A SAS® blog for the rest of us![What's my line? (CSEdWeek edition)](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sasdummy/files/2017/02/StudentsEducators-4.png)
Author note: I'm "replaying" this post in honor of Computer Science Education Week. It originally appeared here over 3 years ago. Today was "career day" in my daughter's 3rd grade classroom. A few privileged parents were invited to attend and answer questions about their professions, press-conference style. Among those on
![Celebrate Computer Science Education Week with SAS: December 5-11](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sasdummy/files/2017/02/StudentsEducators-4.png)
Next week we'll be celebrating Computer Science Education Week. SAS is a partner in this event, which makes complete sense because we have a vested interest in creating more computer scientists. After all, SAS does employ a lot of them. When I was enrolled in a computer science program (sometime
![Calculating the UTC offset in your SAS session](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sasdummy/files/2017/02/ProgrammingTips-3.png)
Update 25Nov2010: I've updated this example to correct the code so that it works correctly for positive UTC offsets. Thanks to Bruno Müller, my colleague at SAS, for finding my mistakes. One of my SAS colleagues was recently working on a project where she had to create reports that include
![Five strategies to eliminate passwords from your SAS programs](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sasdummy/files/2017/02/ProgrammingTips-3.png)
Many people mistakenly assume that just because you want to use a SAS program to access a protected resource (such as a database table), you must include the credentials for the resource inside your program. Few things cause a database administrator to lose more sleep than coming across this within
![Process Explorer: tools for the SAS admin on Windows](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sasdummy/files/2017/01/ProgrammingTips-2.png)
It was over two years ago that I shared the tip of using Process Explorer to look under the covers at which SAS processes were running on your Windows environment. Process Explorer recently received a refresh, and it's worth downloading the new version. (Yes, it's free.) If you want to
![Look before you buy: peek at your data details before opening](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sasdummy/files/2017/02/ProgrammingTips-3.png)
Are you afraid of big commitments? Do you like to shop around thoroughly before making a purchase decision? I can't help you with most of Life's Big Choices, but I can help you in one way: I can show you how to learn more about your data set before you