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yelkenli
Calcite | Level 5

 

I have a simple update query that worked in the past but does not now.  expects an "=", but i am sure if have it in there.  any idea what i am doing wrong?

 

PROC SQL;
	update sasuser.parts as u
	set u.part_system = (select sf.Subsystem FROM sasuser.whereused sf where u.pnum=sf.part number)
	where missing(u.'part_system'n);
quit;

 

 

 
1 OPTIONS NONOTES NOSTIMER NOSOURCE NOSYNTAXCHECK;
55
56 PROC SQL;
57 update sasuser.parts as u
58 set u.part_system = (select sf.Subsystem
_
73
76
ERROR 73-322: Expecting an =.
 
ERROR 76-322: Syntax error, statement will be ignored.
 
59 FROM sasuser.whereused sf
60 where u.pnum=sf.part number)
61 where missing(u.'part_system'n);
NOTE: PROC SQL set option NOEXEC and will continue to check the syntax of statements.
62 quit;
NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.
NOTE: PROCEDURE| _DISARM| STOP| _DISARM| 2019-02-20T10:19:54,419-05:00| _DISARM| WorkspaceServer| _DISARM| SAS| _DISARM| |
_DISARM| 30830592| _DISARM| 30568448| _DISARM| 13| _DISARM| 13| _DISARM| 0| _DISARM| 14464| _DISARM| 0.000000| _DISARM|
0.006735| _DISARM| 1866295194.412948| _DISARM| 1866295194.419683| _DISARM| 0.000000| _DISARM| | _ENDDISARM
NOTE: PROCEDURE SQL used (Total process time):
real time 0.00 seconds
cpu time 0.00 seconds
 
63
64 OPTIONS NONOTES NOSTIMER NOSOURCE NOSYNTAXCHECK;
 

 

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yelkenli
Calcite | Level 5

I found the error.  It is the use of variable names with a space. I thought I fixed that but was not looking closely enough.  

 

 

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