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- 1 Welcome to Michael A. Raithel's User Page!
- 2 Here is my book of computer programmer humor:
- 3 These are the five SAS books that I wrote:
- 4 Here is my SAS Presss author's page:
- 5 My very own blog on SAS programming:
- 6 My blogs on the SAS Learning Post:
- 7 SAS conference keynote speeches I have presented:
- 8 Here are all of my SAS Global Forum and SUGI papers:
- 9 These are my two SAS Quick Tips:
- 10 Miscellaneous miscellanea:
- 11 You can reach me via email at:
Welcome to Michael A. Raithel's User Page!
Here is my book of computer programmer humor:
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It Only Hurts When I Hit <ENTER>
Bethesda, MD: Michael A. Raithel. (2016).
http://tinyurl.com/z8bzx2e
http://tinyurl.com/zypgqa7
These are the five SAS books that I wrote:
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Did You Know That? Essential Hacks for Clever SAS Programmers
Bethesda, MD: Michael A. Raithel. (2014).
http://www.amazon.com/Michael-A.-Raithel/e/B001K8GG90/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/michael-raithel?store=allproducts&keyword=michael+raithel
How to Become A Top SAS Programmer
Cary, NC: SAS Institute, Inc. (2013).
https://support.sas.com/pubscat/bookdetails.jsp?catid=1&pc=64750
The Complete Guide to SAS Indexes
Cary, NC: SAS Institute, Inc. (2006).
Unfortunately, this book is now out of print. But, you may purchase a copy of it on Amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/Michael-A.-Raithel/e/B001K8GG90/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0
Tuning SAS Applications in the OS/390 and z/OS Environments, Second Edition
Cary, NC: SAS Institute, Inc. (2003).
Sadly, this book is now out of print. But, you may purchase a copy of it on Amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/Michael-A.-Raithel/e/B001K8GG90/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0
Tuning SAS applications in the MVS environment
Cary, NC: SAS Institute. (1995)
Obviously, this old book is now out of print. But, a copy of it can be found in the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum of American History Information Technology Collection... which made my parents very, very proud:-)
Here is my SAS Presss author's page:
My very own blog on SAS programming:
My blogs on the SAS Learning Post:
SAS conference keynote speeches I have presented:
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Western Users of SAS Software 2009, in San Jose, California
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDXCv0vEBh4
SAS Global Forum 2010, in Seattle, Washington
http://support.sas.com/events/sasglobalforum/2010/featured.html
http://www.sascommunity.org/wiki/It%27s_Not_Easy_Being_A_SAS_Programmer
2010 South Central SAS Users Group Educational Forum, in Austin, Texas
Regrettably, the link is no longer active
PharmaSUG 2011 Conference, in Nashville, Tennessee
Regrettably, the link is no longer active
Here are all of my SAS Global Forum and SUGI papers:
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PROC DATASETS: The Swiss Army Knife of SAS Procedures
Proceedings of the SAS Global Forum 2016 Conference.
Available: http://support.sas.com/resources/papers/proceedings16/3440-2016.pdf
(Fourth edition of this very popular paper).
Supporting SAS in a Research Organization
Proceedings of the SAS Global Forum 2014 Conference.
Available: http://support.sas.com/resources/papers/proceedings14/1505-2014.pdf
(Updated edition of the 2008 paper).
PROC DATASETS: The Swiss Army Knife of SAS Procedures
Proceedings of the SAS Global Forum 2013 Conference.
Available: http://support.sas.com/resources/papers/proceedings13/123-2013.pdf
(Third edition of this popular paper).
Managing SAS® Technical Support in a Research Organization
Proceedings of the SAS Global Forum 2012 Conference.
Available: http://support.sas.com/resources/papers/proceedings12/185-2012.pdf
PROC DATASETS: The Swiss Army Knife of SAS Procedures
Proceedings of the SAS Global Forum 2011 Conference.
Available: http://support.sas.com/resources/papers/proceedings11/274-2011.pdf
(Second edition of this paper).
PROC DATASETS: The Swiss Army Knife of SAS Procedures
Proceedings of the SAS Global Forum 2010 Conference.
Available: http://support.sas.com/resources/papers/proceedings10/138-2010.pdf
You Might Be a SAS Energy Hog If...
Proceedings of the SAS Global Forum 2009 Conference. Joint paper with Mike Rhoads.
Available: http://support.sas.com/resources/papers/proceedings09/041-2009.pdf
Supporting SAS in a Research Organization.
Proceedings of the SAS Global Forum 2008 Conference.
Available: http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/forum2008/215-2008.pdf
Powering Your Organization’s Web Applications with SAS Software.
Proceedings of the SAS Global Forum 2008 Conference.
Available: http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/forum2008/012-2008.pdf
A Simple Chargeback System for SAS Applications Running on UNIX and Linux Servers.
Proceedings of the SAS Global Forum 2007 Conference.
Available: http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/forum2007/194-2007.pdf
Process Your SAS data Sets Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere You Choose With SAS/Connect.
Proceedings of the SAS Global Forum 2007 Conference.
Available: http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/forum2007/241-2007.pdf
Measuring the Performance of Your SAS/IntrNet Applications.
Proceedings of the31st Annual SAS Users Group International Conference.
Available: http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/sugi31/226-31.pdf
The Basics of Using SAS Indexes.
Proceedings of the 30th Annual SAS Users Group International Conference.
Available: http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/sugi30/247-30.pdf
Programmatically Measure SAS Application Performance on Any Computer Platform with the New LOGPARSE SAS Macro.
Proceedings of the 30th Annual SAS Users Group International Conference.
Available: http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/sugi30/219-30.pdf
Automatically Process a Varying Number of New Data Files from a “Data Directoryâ€.
Proceedings of the 30th Annual SAS Users Group International Conference. NOTE: This is a 20-minute paper.
Available: http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/sugi30/035-30.pdf
Measuring SAS Software Usage on Shared Servers with the RTRACE Facility.
Proceedings of the 29th Annual SAS Users Group International Conference.
Available: http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/sugi29/215-29.pdf
Creating and Exploiting SAS Indexes
Proceedings of the 29th Annual SAS Users Group International Conference (2004)
Available: http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/sugi29/123-29.pdf
Transferring Your Mainframe SAS Programs to Your PC in Three Easy Steps
Proceedings of the 25th Annual SAS Users Group International Conference (2000)
Available: http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/sugi25/25/cc/25p101.pdf
Optimizing the Processing of VSAM Data Sets with the SAS System
Proceedings of the 24th Annual SAS Users Group International Conference (1999)
Available: http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/sugi24/Sysarch/p302-24.pdf
What Sort of Input Should you Input to a Sort?
Proceedings of the 24th Annual SAS Users Group International Conference (1999)
Available: http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/sugi24/Coders/p095-24.pdf
Ferreting out Year 2000 Compliance Problems with PROC SOURCE
Proceedings of the 23rd Annual SAS Users Group International Conference (1998)
Available: http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/sugi23/Sysarch/p257.pdf
Summarizing Impossibly Large SAS Data Sets for the Data Warehouse Server Using Horizontal Summarization
Proceedings of the 22nd Annual SAS Users Group International Conference (1997)
Available: http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/sugi22/DATAWARE/PAPER113.PDF
Power Techniques for Processing Large Tape Data Sets Using the SAS system in the MVS Environment
Proceedings of the 21st Annual SAS Users Group International Conference (1996)
Available: http://www.sascommunity.org/sugi/SUGI96/Sugi-96-241%20Raithel.pdf
Sources of SAS System Information in the MVS Environment
Proceedings of the 17th Annual SAS Users Group International Conference (1992)
Available: http://www.sascommunity.org/sugi/SUGI92/Sugi-92-94%20Raithel.pdf
A Tale of Two Releases: Benchmarking the Performance of Release 6.06 Against Release 5.18
Proceedings of the 16th Annual SAS Users Group International Conference (1991)
Available: http://www.sascommunity.org/sugi/SUGI91/Sugi-91-83%20Raithel.pdf
Buffering the SAS System VSAM Performance Headaches
Proceedings of the 15th Annual SAS Users Group International Conference (1990)
Available: http://www.sascommunity.org/sugi/SUGI90/Sugi-90-40%20Raithel.pdf
Winner: Best contributed paper for Systems Architecture section. This unexpected success with my first ever SAS paper launched my SAS conference participation "career":-)
These are my two SAS Quick Tips:
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Quick tip: Determine the Size of SAS Data Sets on PC, UNIX, VAX, and Linux Servers (2003)
Available: http:http://support.sas.com/kb/25/289.html
Quick tip: Programmatically determine which disk drives are available for your Windows server or workstation (2002)
Available: http:http://support.sas.com/kb/24/818.html
Miscellaneous miscellanea:
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Michael Raithel’s plans for SAS Global Forum
http://blogs.sas.com/content/sgf/2010/03/03/michael-raithels-plans-for-sas-global-forum/
You can reach me via email at:
michaelraithel1@verizon.net