I am working in SAS EG and I have code like this:
proc sql;
CREATE TABLE new as
SELECT f1,f2
FROM work.orig
WHERE f1<>'x'
;
This works.
However, when I add a VALIDATE option, like below, I get an error:
ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following: (, SELECT.
ERROR 202-322: The option or parameter is not recognized and will be ignored.
proc sql;
CREATE TABLE new as
VALIDATE
SELECT f1,f2
FROM work.orig
WHERE f1<>'x'
;
How do I use the validate option in proc sql?
My understanding is that you cannot use the VALIDATE with the CREATE statement.
Validate the underlying SELECT
proc sql;
VALIDATE
SELECT f1,f2
FROM work.orig
WHERE f1<>'x'
;
quit;
If that is successful, then your CREATE statement will work.
Related
This how I configured my LibName
LIBNAME OrcaleSAS ORACLE USER=UserName PASSWORD=pwd*** PATH = '(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=host.unix.####.com)(PORT=1521))(CONNECT_DATA=(SERVICE_NAME=prod.tk.com)))'
And to fetch data below is the code I am using
PROC SQL;
connect using OracleSAS AS OracDB;
select * from connection to oracle
(select * from ENTITY_DATES_WK13);
disconnect from OracDB;
quit;
I am getting the error OracleSAS is not a SAS name & Error in the LIBNAME statement , I am fairly new to SAS..!!
connecting to oracle or any dbms can be done libname or by explicit pass through. Libname method is used to access oracle table(or any dbms) in SAS(tables are usually moved to SAS). Explicit method ( using connect statement) where in query is directly sent to Oracle(or dbms mentioned). This methods are not interchangeable for oracle(or anydbms) table and hence you got error.
below is libname method
LIBNAME OrcaleSAS ORACLE USER=UserName PASSWORD=pwd*** PATH =
'(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=host.unix.####.com)(PORT=1521))
(CONNECT_DATA=(SERVICE_NAME=prod.tk.com)))'
libname sastab "/whatever path/";
proc sql;
create table sastab.tablename as
select *
oratable.tablename
quit;
below is explicit pass through method
proc sql;
connect to oracle as myconn (user=smith password=secret
path='myoracleserver');
create table sastab.newtable as
select *
from connection to myconn
(select *
from oracleschematable);
disconnect from myconn;
quit;
The name you use for your library, called the libref, can only by 8 characters long.
OracleSAS is 9 characters.
Use something shorter.
When you set up a libname you don't need the Connect portion of the PROC SQL. You're mixing two methods of connecting to a SQL database into one.
Assuming your libname worked correctly you can query it the same as you would any other SAS table at this point:
PROC SQL;
create table want as
select * from ENTITY_DATES_WK13;
quit;
proc print data=want(obs=5);
run;
The other method is 'pass through' which means the query is passed fully to the server to run on that side. This means the inside query needs to be Oracle compliant and you can't use SAS functions or data.
At last I ended doing something like this..,
%let usr ="pradeep"
%let pwd ="******"
%let pth = "ORACLEPATH"
%put path: &path;
proc sql;
connect to oracle(user = &usr
password =&pwd
path =&pth buffsize=5000);
/* my code */
I have the following query which runs in SAS using proc sql where I have an automated variable which contains the month end date but it results in the following error
ERROR: Prepare error: ICommandPrepare::Prepare failed. : ERROR: Attribute '2017-02-28' not found
Query:
proc sql;
connect to oledb (datasource='10.1.0.105' provider=nzoledb
user=&user_id password=&pwd properties=('initial catalog'=ODS));
create table &user..Pers_test as select * from connection to oledb
(SELECT a.ID from DBO.Table1
where a.SOURCE_SYSTEM_CREATED_DTM <= "&monthend."
Group by a.SWID order by a.SWID
);
%let _sql_xrc=&sqlxrc;
disconnect from oledb;
quit;
However the query runs when the timestamp is hardcoded.
proc sql;
connect to oledb (datasource='10.1.0.105' provider=nzoledb
user=&user_id password=&pwd properties=('initial catalog'=ODS));
create table &user..Pers_test as select * from connection to oledb
(SELECT a.ID from DBO.Table1
where a.SOURCE_SYSTEM_CREATED_DTM <= '2017-02-28 00:00:00'
Group by a.SWID order by a.SWID
);
%let _sql_xrc=&sqlxrc;
disconnect from oledb;
quit;
I have tried casting, substring but it all results in the same error. Any help is appreciated to work around with the automated variable.
The variable was not getting resolved under single quotes and hence double quotes was being used. But being double quotes, the column could not identify with the value and the error got thrown up. So, the variable had to be resolved under single quotes.
The code to resolve the variable under single quote is as follows
cast(%unquote(%str(%')&monthend.%str(%')) as datetime)
I modified Karan Pappala's answer to make it work for me:
%unquote(%str(%')&execution_method.%str(%'))
I am using SAS Enterprise guide and want to compare two date variables:
My code looks as follows:
proc sql;
CREATE TABLE observations_last_month AS
SELECT del_flag_1,
gross_exposure_fx,
reporting_date format=date7.,
max(reporting_date) AS max_date format=date7.
FROM &dataIn.
WHERE reporting_date = max_date;
quit;
If I run my code without the WHEREstatement I get the following data:
However, when I run the above code I get the following error messages:
ERROR: Expression using (=) has components that are of different data types.
ERROR: The following tables were not found in the contributing tables: max_date.
What am I doing wrong here? Thanks up front for the help
If you want to subset based on an aggregate function then you need to use HAVING instead of WHERE. If you want to refer to a variable that you have derived in your query then you need to use the CALCULATED keyword (or just re-calculate it).
proc sql;
CREATE TABLE observations_last_month AS
SELECT del_flag_1
, gross_exposure_fx
, reporting_date format=date7.
, max(reporting_date) AS max_date format=date7.
FROM &dataIn.
HAVING reporting_date = CALCULATED max_date
;
quit;
I am writing this basic sql statement in proc sql yet SAS throws me an error.
proc sql;
select interest from
(select * from project.data_model
order by ethnicity desc, satscore desc);
quit;
ERROR 79-322: Expecting a ).
ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following: ;, ','.
ERROR 200-322: The symbol is not recognized and will be ignored
I know I can write interest in the inner query itself but I was just giving a try using inline query.
Please help.
The error message you receive is not very helpful. The problem you have is that order by is not valid within an in-line view, which is effectively what your subquery is creating. To solve this you need to put the order by statement outside of the subquery.
proc sql;
select interest from
(select * from project.data_model)
order by ethnicity desc, satscore desc;
quit;
I am having trouble getting a macro variable to work correctly in PROC SQL and it doesn't make sense to me.
First, if I generate a query like this:
PROC SQL;
SELECT
a.*
,'31MAR2016' As EVAL_DATE format=date09.
FROM
myTable a
;
it works as expected and puts a date field at the end of the table.
Then, if I do this:
%Let testDate = '31MAR2016'd;
%put &testDate;
PROC SQL;
SELECT
a.*
,&testDate As EVAL_DATE format=date09.
FROM
myTable a
;
this again runs properly, with the log window showing the value of:
'31MAR2016'd
But, if I do this:
%Let Eval_Date = %sysfunc(intnx (month,%sysfunc(inputn(201603,yymmn6.)) ,0,E),date09.);
%Let Eval_date_test = %str(%')&Eval_Date.%str(%')d;
%Put Eval_date_test;
PROC SQL;
SELECT
a.*
,&Eval_date_test As EVAL_DATE format=date09.
FROM
myTable a
;
SAS stops running with the error;
"ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following: a name, a quoted string, a numeric constant, a datetime constant,
a missing value, (, *, +, -, BTRIM, CALCULATED, CASE, EXISTS, INPUT, NOT, PUT, SUBSTRING, TRANSLATE, USER, ^, ~.
ERROR 200-322: The symbol is not recognized and will be ignored."
The log displays the value of &Eval_date_test to be the same '31MAR2016'd as it was in the second example. Note that I created the variable in two steps for clarity, but the same thing happens if you create it in one step.
In case it matters, I am running SAS Enterprise Guide 6.1
Why doesn't this work?
This has to do with how the macro is being dereferenced with the %str() macro. Try the %unquote() macro:
PROC SQL;
SELECT
a.*
, %unquote(&Eval_date_test) As EVAL_DATE format=date09.
FROM
sashelp.cars a
;
quit;
http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/mcrolref/67912/HTML/default/viewer.htm#p1f5qisx8mv9ygn1dikmgba1lmmu.htm
You are working much too hard and just confusing poor old SAS. Instead of using macro quoting just use the right quote characters to begin with. SAS doesn't care which quote characters you use, but text inside of single quotes is not evaluated for macro triggers and text inside of double quotes is. So '&eval_date'd does not resolve the macro variable reference and "&eval_date"d does.
%let Eval_Date="%sysfunc(intnx(month,%sysfunc(inputn(201603,yymmn6)),0,E),date9)"d;
You're missing a comma after a.*