Date:         Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:33:11 -0400
Reply-To:     Dimitri Shvorob <dimitri.shvorob@VANDERBILT.EDU>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Dimitri Shvorob <dimitri.shvorob@VANDERBILT.EDU>
Subject:      CREATE TABLE recursively references the target table

.. The warning is easy to reproduce, e.g. with

proc sql;
create table test as select *
from test;
quit;

WARNING: This CREATE TABLE statement recursively references the target
table. A consequence of this is a possible data integrity problem.

Normally, I would take a SAS warning seriously - ignoring this one, however,
I've never really run into data integrity problems of any obvious,
easy-to-spot kind.

Can anyone offer insight, or a counter-example?

Thank you.