How to suppress empty output from proc sql

JMS — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 19:12:47 GMT

The following code gives an empty result page:

ods listing close;                                              
ods html;                                                        
title 'report 1';
proc sql; select * from sashelp.class where age=99; run; quit;  
ods html close;                                                  
ods listing;

How can I suppress the empty page when proc sql does not return a result?

Re: How to suppress empty output from proc sql

Reeza — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 20:02:56 GMT

You'll need macro logic. The easiest is to pipe it to a table and then check if the table is empty. If so, don't do anything and if it has records you can then print it using PROC PRINT.

Example of conditional logic is here:

http://documentation.sas.com/?docsetId=mcrolref&docsetTarget=p011imau3tm4jen1us2a45cyenz9.htm&docsetVersion=9.4&locale=en

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How to suppress empty output from proc sql

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