SAS - using proc imported CSV in proc SQL (error)

Question

I am looking to connect a CSV dataset I imported through 'proc import' with a dataset I am pulling from proc sql. Is there a way to toss my proc import file into proc sql? or vice versa?

here is where I'm at:

proc import datafile = 'filepath'
out = dataname
dbms = CSV
replace
;
run;

proc sql
connect to netezza as dbcon
(server="url" database=sandbox user=me password="&password.");

create table work as

select distinct * from connection to dbcon
(
select distinct a.*

from
dataname as a
left join
sqltable as b
on
a.number = b.number

);
quit;

I am currently receiving this error message but I am unsure where my syntax is wrong:

ERROR: CLI prepare error: ERROR:  relation does not exist database.ADMIN.dataname
SQL statement: select distinct a.*, b.* from dataname as a left join sqltable as b on a.number and b.number.

Answer 1

After you connect to Netezza using the CONNECT TO statement, anything you have inside brackets such as:

select ... from connection to dbcon (...);
exec (...) by dbcon;

Is inside the Netezza box. The dataset you created called dataname is present in the work library where your SAS Session is running.

So the question can be solved in a few ways:

• Upload data to Netezza
• Use the libname Netezza engine to connect
• Create the table in Netezza using Insert into in SAS

Libname engine

You can usually translate a connect to statement into a libname statement as follows:

libname dbcon netezza server="url" database=sandbox user=me password="&password.";

If you create dataname in the dbcon library then your second query should work, provided you have permissions to create tables in the sandbox database.