topic Re: SQL Code Date info Calculation in SAS Programming

SQL Code Date info Calculation

rrmenon — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 17:23:00 GMT

Hi I'm having trouble with the following code- specifically the subselect statements, any ideas on how to modify this?:



PROC SQL;
   CREATE TABLE WORK.QUERY_FOR_VVW_DWH_PTN AS 
   SELECT t1.PlayerId, 
          t1.FirstName, 
          t1.LastName, 
          t1.Email, 
          t2.EndDate, 
          t2.Most_Recent_Overall_Experience, 
          t1.AdtLifetimeRange AS AdtLifetimeRange1,
          (SELECT t1.AdtLifetimeRange WHERE t2.EndDate <= intnx('month', today(), -6, 'e')) AS ADT6MoBack,
          (SELECT t1.AdtLifetimeRange WHERE t2.EndDate >= intnx('month', today(), -6, 'e')) AS ADT6MoForAS,
 
      FROM TDQT.vCXSurvey t2
           INNER JOIN TDQT.vCXPlayer_SAS t1 ON (t2.PlayerId = t1.PlayerId);
    WHERE t2.EndDate <'20Mar2022'd;
QUIT;

This is the error I get:

76
ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following: a quoted string, !, !!, &, *, **, +, ',', -, /, <, <=, <>, =, >, >=, ?,
AND, AS, BETWEEN, CONTAINS, EQ, EQT, FORMAT, FROM, GE, GET, GT, GTT, IN, INFORMAT, INTO, IS, LABEL, LE, LEN, LENGTH,
LET, LIKE, LT, LTT, NE, NET, NOT, NOTIN, OR, TRANSCODE, ^, ^=, |, ||, ~, ~=.

ERROR 76-322: Syntax error, statement will be ignored.

41 FROM TDQT.vCXSurvey t2
42 INNER JOIN TDQT.vCXPlayer_SAS t1 ON (t2.PlayerId = t1.PlayerId);
NOTE: PROC SQL set option NOEXEC and will continue to check the syntax of statements.
43 WHERE t2.EndDate <'03/20/2022'
WARNING: This SAS global statement is not supported in PROC SQL. It has been ignored.
44 QUIT;
2 The SAS System Wednesday, March 29, 2023 09:06:00 AM

45
46
47
48 %LET _CLIENTTASKLABEL=;
49 %LET _CLIENTPROCESSFLOWNAME=;
50 %LET _CLIENTPROJECTPATH=;
51 %LET _CLIENTPROJECTPATHHOST=;
52 %LET _CLIENTPROJECTNAME=;
53 %LET _SASPROGRAMFILE=;
54 %LET _SASPROGRAMFILEHOST=;
55
56 ;*';*";*/;quit;
NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.
NOTE: PROCEDURE SQL used (Total process time):
real time 0.00 seconds
cpu time

ERROR 76-322: Syntax error, statement will be ignored.

Re: SQL Code Date info Calculation

Reeza — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 17:20:30 GMT

I posted an answer on SO.

Re: SQL Code Date info Calculation

rrmenon — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 17:24:17 GMT

Thanks I saw- for some reason not working still

Re: SQL Code Date info Calculation

Kurt_Bremser — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 17:33:53 GMT

You have a surplus comma before the FROM.

You also have a wrong semicolon before the WHERE.

Also please use a code box (as you did for the code) to post the log, so we can see where the ERROR markers are placed.

And post the whole log, from the start of the procedure to the QUIT;

Re: SQL Code Date info Calculation

PaigeMiller — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 17:33:49 GMT

@Reeza wrote:
I posted an answer on SO.

Many of us can't benefit from this, as we don't know what this means. Can you provide a link?

Re: SQL Code Date info Calculation

rrmenon — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 19:01:16 GMT

Thanks Reeza but I'm still getting the same error

Re: SQL Code Date info Calculation

Kurt_Bremser — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 19:04:38 GMT

Post the log, as requested.

Re: SQL Code Date info Calculation

rrmenon — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 19:17:48 GMT

HI Reeza, the sub select statements do not have a From clasue, would you mind helmping me construct this?

PROC SQL;
   CREATE TABLE WORK.QUERY_FOR_VVW_DWH_PTN AS 
   SELECT t1.PlayerId, 
          t1.FirstName, 
          t1.LastName, 
          t1.Email, 
          t2.EndDate, 
          t2.Most_Recent_Overall_Experience, 
          t1.AdtLifetimeRange AS AdtLifetimeRange1,
          (SELECT t1.AdtLifetimeRange WHERE t2.EndDate <= intnx('month', today(), -6, 'e')) AS ADT6MoBack,
          (SELECT t1.AdtLifetimeRange WHERE t2.EndDate >= intnx('month', today(), -6, 'e')) AS ADT6MoForAS,
 
      FROM TDQT.vCXSurvey t2
           INNER JOIN TDQT.vCXPlayer_SAS t1 ON (t2.PlayerId = t1.PlayerId);
    WHERE t2.EndDate <'20Mar2022'd;
QUIT;

Re: SQL Code Date info Calculation

Reeza — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 19:28:53 GMT

@rrmenon wrote:

Thanks I saw- for some reason not working still

You didn't provide any of the information requested either:

Original SQL language (this is not SAS SQL)
Full log that shows where the error occurred

Original answer:

Remove square brackets ]
Use INTNX() for date increments
Dates need to be in date. style - DDMMMYY ("20MAR2022"d)
There is no NOW() function in SAS, but there is TODAY() which returns today's date
Missing semicolon at end of query (before QUIT;)

An attempt at correcting your code, but not 100% sure as I don't know what type of SQL you're using:

PROC SQL;
   CREATE TABLE WORK.QUERY_FOR_VVW_DWH_PTN AS 
   SELECT t1.PlayerId, 
          t1.FirstName, 
          t1.LastName, 
          t1.Email, 
          t2.EndDate, 
          t2.Most_Recent_Overall_Experience, 
          t1.AdtLifetimeRange AS AdtLifetimeRange1,
          (SELECT t1.AdtLifetimeRange WHERE t2.EndDate <= intnx('month', today(), -6, 'e')) AS ADT6MoBack,
          (SELECT t1.AdtLifetimeRange WHERE t2.EndDate >= intnx('month', today(), -6, 'e')) AS ADT6MoForAS,
 
      FROM TDQT.vCXSurvey t2
           INNER JOIN TDQT.vCXPlayer_SAS t1 ON (t2.PlayerId = t1.PlayerId);
    WHERE t2.EndDate <'20Mar2022'd;
QUIT;

Re: SQL Code Date info Calculation

s_lassen — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 08:31:10 GMT

It's a bit hard to say where the error message comes from, but I think it is because you have a comma before FROM.

As for your "subselect" statements, they do not make sense at all. What are you trying to accomplish with those?