Hi, I'm merging 2 tables in proc sql and I want the new table to have a forced value in one field.
So mergin Table A and Table B to create Table C, and I want to force a field called MG_typ found in Table A to be all = 'Residential'.. how can I do that..
similar to simply assigning MG_typ = 'Residential' in base SAS.
Thanks
Depends on if the variable exists in the other table at all or in both already.
If in neither table then the following will work:
select 'Residential' as MG_typ
If it's missing in all of table B, but present in All of Table A you could use the coalesce function:
select coalesce(MG_type, "Residential") as MG_Type
Otherwise some sort of Case Statement is required.
Use Case statement.
Depends on if the variable exists in the other table at all or in both already.
If in neither table then the following will work:
select 'Residential' as MG_typ
If it's missing in all of table B, but present in All of Table A you could use the coalesce function:
select coalesce(MG_type, "Residential") as MG_Type
Otherwise some sort of Case Statement is required.
Thank you Reeza
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