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Providing technical tips and support information, written for and by SAS users.![MWSUG 2012 Best Contributed Papers!](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2017/01/SASevents-2.png)
Congratulations to all of these winners in the MWSUG Best Contibuted Papers! I hope you have all submitted your papers to the 2013 SAS Global Forum. The deadline for submissions ends soon! Here's a list that I know you have all been waiting for:
![Security: Purposeful database access](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2017/01/SAS-Administrators-1.png)
Leanne Tang had a problem. She has one giant database that houses data from all of the units at National Agricultural Statistics Service. She has hundreds of people who need access, but she wants individual users to have access only to the data that meets their needs. In Tang’s
![Let's play a game](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2012/10/wordsearch.jpg)
Do you finish the Word Search in the Sunday paper? Several years ago, Robert Matthews decided to design a word search to help his kids in their school work. Matthews wanted to be able to put in the words of his choice and provide difficulty levels so that game users could
![Macro headaches? Learn how to prevent them](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2017/01/SASevents-2.png)
The Macro facility is a powerful and flexible tool, but sloppy techniques can make macros one of your biggest headaches. Poorly handled macros may run without error but leave your users with unexpected results and litter your system with unwanted files and variables.
![Thinking about SESUG 2012](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2012/10/On-the-fence-e1349986872563.jpg)
Have you registered for the 20th annual SouthEast SAS Users Group conference (SESUG) yet? NO? What are you waiting for? I've heard it going to be a real party, so come help us celebrate SESUG's 20th birthday (hmm ... SESUG isn't even old enough to drink). The last time I went was
![Happy 25th birthday NESUG!](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/files/2012/10/rob-russel.jpg)
~ Lisa Pyle and Rob Russell, NESUG 2012 Conference Co-chairs Can you believe it?! In just a few weeks we will all be together at NESUG's 25th conference! We are looking forward to all the presentations and workshops we have planned and to seeing all our old friends and meeting some new ones too.