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SASd15
Calcite | Level 5

Hello,

 

I am using Proc SQL to extract data from the DB. However, rather that a range of data (i.e between X and Y), i would like to extract it from multiple dates.

 

I would like to use

%LET DATES = ('21-JUN-2016'd',22-jul-2016'd,'21-NOV-2016'd,'21-dec-2016'd);

 

Instead of this:

%LET BEGDT = '01-jul-2016'd;

%LET ENDDT = '31-dec-2016'd;

 

 

 

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RW9
Diamond | Level 26 RW9
Diamond | Level 26

Your code is invalid, containing unbalanced quote marks:

%LET DATES = ('21-JUN-2016'd',22-jul-2016'd,'21-NOV-2016'd,'21-dec-2016'd);

                                                               ^

 

Secondly, is this the type of "date" that your database is expecting?  Its likely that the DB stores dates differently to SAS, do you have some working code?

 

Next up the usual advice, put data into a dataset:

 

data dvals;
  d='21jun2016'd; output;
  d='22jul2016'd; output;
...
run;

This way you can then do:

 

proc sql;
  select *
  from    HAVE
  where  DATE in (select * from DVALS);
quit;
Kurt_Bremser
Super User

So you want

%LET DATES = ('21-JUN-2016'd,'22-jul-2016'd,'21-NOV-2016'd,'21-dec-2016'd);

proc sql;
select ....
from .....
where date in &dates
;
quit;

?

SASd15
Calcite | Level 5

My apologies, not sure why the proc sql didn't work for me initially. I thought i was using an incorrect syntax.

 

Thanks!

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