I would like to be able to recreate the functionality of PLSQL functions in SAS. Specifically a function that returns a table from a set of parameters. Something like:
PROC SQL;
SELECT *
FROM myfunction(¶m1, ¶m2,...,¶mn);
QUIT;
Would this be possible with PROC DS2 or PROC FCMP?
Would an aggregation function be possible? For instance I have a column of strings with another column to indicate group and I want to concatenate them based on the group column. Something like:
PROC SQL;
SELECT myaggregationfunction(STRING_COLUMN)
FROM mytable
GROUP BY GROUP_COLUMN;
QUIT;
What is your use case? There may be a better way to approach your problem than in SQL. In Oracle you don't have so much choice, but in SAS you do.
Group concatenation is also on other SAS users wish list. Please check the following SASware Ballot idea:
https://communities.sas.com/t5/SASware-Ballot-Ideas/create-string-summary-functions/idi-p/288035
and vote for it!
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