Hi All,
I have a macro variable which is coming from oracle table. I want to use that in SAS proc sql but somehow unable to get it. Please help
%put &enddt;
22sep2013 00:00:00
and then when i use
proc sql;
create tablen new as
select &enddt as enddt format datetime20.;
quit;
but this fails. Need help
but
You need to use a datetime literal, but I don't think you can use that syntax in SQL as you have no FROM clause.
Here is how to do it with a data step.
data new;
enddt = "&enddt"dt ;
format enddt datetime20.;
run;
To make a literal using SAS you follow the value in quotes with the special letter for the type of literal. Common literals are:
t -> Time
d -> Date
dt -> DateTime
x -> Hexadecimal
b -> Binary
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