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Batman
Quartz | Level 8

I need to run this merge in sql and I'm getting a cartesian product join.   I took the step of eliminating duplicates from one of the joined datasets, but I still getting the message on the cartesian product.   Any suggestions?

 

 

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29 PROC SQL;
30 CREATE TABLE ICD10_2 AS
31 SELECT DISTINCT F1
32 FROM ICD10;
NOTE: Table WORK.ICD10_2 created, with 265 rows and 1 columns.

33 /* CREATE TABLE WORK.QUERY_FOR_V2_FCT_CLM AS */
34 SELECT /* COUNT_of_BENE_SK */
35 (COUNT(t1.BENE_SK)) AS COUNT_of_BENE_SK
36 FROM QUERY_FOR_V2_FCT_CLM t1, WORK.ICD10_2 t2
37 WHERE (t1.CLM_PRCDR_1_CD = t2.F1
38 OR t1.CLM_PRCDR_2_CD = t2.F1);
NOTE: The execution of this query involves performing one or more Cartesian product joins that can not be optimized.
39 QUIT;
NOTE: PROCEDURE SQL used (Total process time):
real time 0.13 seconds
cpu time 0.10 seconds

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s_lassen
Meteorite | Level 14

I assume you just want the number of valid BENE_SK values from QUERY_FOR_V2_FCT_CLM - so it may help to rewrite the join a simple WHERE clause:


SELECT /* COUNT_of_BENE_SK */
 (COUNT(t1.BENE_SK)) AS COUNT_of_BENE_SK
 FROM QUERY_FOR_V2_FCT_CLM t1
 WHERE  CLM_PRCDR_1_CD in (select F1 from WORK.ICD10_2)
   or  CLM_PRCDR_2_CD in(select F1 from WORK.ICD10_2);

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s_lassen
Meteorite | Level 14

I assume you just want the number of valid BENE_SK values from QUERY_FOR_V2_FCT_CLM - so it may help to rewrite the join a simple WHERE clause:


SELECT /* COUNT_of_BENE_SK */
 (COUNT(t1.BENE_SK)) AS COUNT_of_BENE_SK
 FROM QUERY_FOR_V2_FCT_CLM t1
 WHERE  CLM_PRCDR_1_CD in (select F1 from WORK.ICD10_2)
   or  CLM_PRCDR_2_CD in(select F1 from WORK.ICD10_2);
AhmedAl_Attar
Ammonite | Level 13

Hi @Batman 

 

Try this query, it uses Boolean expression 

PROC SQL;
	CREATE TABLE ICD10_2 AS
	SELECT DISTINCT F1
	FROM ICD10;

	/* CREATE TABLE WORK.QUERY_FOR_V2_FCT_CLM AS */
	SELECT /* COUNT_of_BENE_SK */
	(COUNT(t1.BENE_SK)) AS COUNT_of_BENE_SK
	FROM QUERY_FOR_V2_FCT_CLM t1
	WHERE exists (select 'x' from WORK.ICD10_2 t2 where t1.CLM_PRCDR_1_CD = t2.F1
	OR t1.CLM_PRCDR_2_CD = t2.F1);
quit;

Hope this helps

Kurt_Bremser
Super User

See this alternative:

data want;
set QUERY_FOR_V2_FCT_CLM end=done;
if _n_ = 1
then do;
  length f1 /* define here, as it is in icd10 */;
  declare hash icd10 (dataset:"icd10");
  Idc10.definekey("f1");
  icd10.definedone();
  call missing(f1);
end;
if icd10.check(key:CLM_PRCDR_1_CD) = 0 or icd10.check(key:CLM_PRCDR_2_CD) = 0 then COUNT_of_BENE_SK + 1;
if done;
keep COUNT_of_BENE_SK;
run;

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