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Obsidian | Level 7

Hi - 

 

I have a table that has an start date and an end date and need to see if a call was made on the start date or the end date. this is my current query but it does not work. 

 

rsubmit;
proc sql;
create table test.field1 as
select
A.*,
B.*
from test.rock A
left join test.paper B
on A.account = B.account 
and A.start_date = B.call_date
or A.end_date = B.call_date
;
endrsubmit;

 

So ideally i want to get a table that shows me all the interactions I got that matched the start date and end date WITH the call_date(different table)

 

**the interactions are linked to Call_date which is a different table. 

 

This is the error i got...

 

NOTE: The execution of this query involves performing one or more Cartesian product joins that
can not be optimized.
ERROR: A lock is not available for test.field
ERROR: Lock held by process 5229800

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ChrisNZ
Tourmaline | Level 20

There shouldnt be a cartesian product if you write the boolean clause the way you mean it:

on A.account = B.account 
and (A.start_date = B.call_date
    or A.end_date = B.call_date)

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ChrisNZ
Tourmaline | Level 20

There shouldnt be a cartesian product if you write the boolean clause the way you mean it:

on A.account = B.account 
and (A.start_date = B.call_date
    or A.end_date = B.call_date)

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