.ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following: a name, a quoted string, a numeric cons

[VALLY]

good day

am running the below code , however it returns the error listed above 

 PROC SQL;
 CREATE TABLE VIEW AS 
 SELECT * 
 FROM have
 WHERE DATE_OPENED => 2023-04-10 ;
 QUIT;

[Tom]

You need to share the LOG to clarify what error you are getting.

476  PROC SQL;
477   CREATE TABLE VIEW AS
478   SELECT *
479   FROM have
480   WHERE DATE_OPENED => 2023-04-10 ;
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ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following: a name, a quoted string, a numeric constant, a datetime constant,
              a missing value, BTRIM, INPUT, PUT, SUBSTRING, USER.

481   QUIT;

Looks like SQL does not like the use of = followed by >.  Did you mean "greater than or equal to"?  If so then you need to use >= or better still use the GE pneumonic instead.

The code has other issues also. 

• It is not a good idea to name a dataset with the name VIEW.  That is just confusing. 
• from the variable name I suspect that you need to have a DATE value after the GE operator. Currently you have a complex way of specifying the number 2,009 which is the date '02JUL1965'd.  Although it is possible that the variable actual has DATETIME values instead, in which case the number 2,009 is the datetime value '01JAN1960:00:33:29'dt.

498  data _null_;
499    x=2023-04-10 ;
500    put x= comma. x=date9. x=datetime19.;
501  run;

x=2,009 x=02JUL1965 x=01JAN1960:00:33:29

[PaigeMiller]

In addition to the => error mentioned above, you also have this error:

2023-04-10

is how you do subtraction in SAS. SAS thinks you mean 2023 minus 4 minus 10. It is not a date (normally). Maybe you mean

'04OCT2023'd

which SAS will always recognize as the date October 4, 2023; or maybe you mean something else.

[Reeza · Accepted solution]

The data is specified incorrectly. That format is ambiguous as it could be a subtraction or date. 

Date constants in SAS are specified using 'DDMMMYY'd format, assuming this is a SAS date that's numeric. If date_opened is a character variable, you need to include it in quotes and due to numeric order it will still return the correct value. 

DATE_OPENED is numeric (SAS date format)

 PROC SQL;
 CREATE TABLE VIEW AS 
 SELECT * 
 FROM have
 WHERE DATE_OPENED => '10Apr2023'd ;
 QUIT;

DATE_OPENED is character

 PROC SQL;
 CREATE TABLE VIEW AS 
 SELECT * 
 FROM have
 WHERE DATE_OPENED => '2023-04-10' ;
 QUIT;

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@VALLY wrote:

good day

am running the below code , however it returns the error listed above 

 PROC SQL;
 CREATE TABLE VIEW AS 
 SELECT * 
 FROM have
 WHERE DATE_OPENED => 2023-04-10 ;
 QUIT;

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