Hello everyone,
i am having a problem with this proc cas , the where statement is not accepted and gets me an error.
do you have ideas ?
thanks
proc cas;
table.deleterows /
table={name="TEST" caslib="mine" where='ID in (select id from triangle)'};
run;
"Not accepted" is awful vague.
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I do not think you can use a SQL subselect for the IN operator there.
The ERROR message should look like this:
ERROR: Syntax error detected on line 2 at column 10. Found SELECT, expecting a quoted string, a numeric constant, a datetime constant, a missing value, -.
which means you must supply a list of literals.
Use PROC SQL to store the results into a macro variable for use in the WHERE, like
proc sql noprint;
select distinct quote(trim(id),"'") into :id_list separated by ","
from triangle;
quit;
and then do
table.deleterows /
table={name="TEST" caslib="mine" where="ID in (&id_list.)"};
Disclaimer: I have yet to start with Viya/CAS, but from a few quick tries I arrived at this suggestion. Have no idea if it works.
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