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Writing SAS Code Under Pressure
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Writing SAS Code Under Pressure

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Tell me about a time you had to write SAS code quickly and correctly under pressure, and how you validated the output.

For this SQL-focused exercise, demonstrate the validation portion by comparing source records with derived records and reporting every discrepancy. The result should make expected values, actual values, and discrepancy types explicit.

Output

  1. Return issue_type, record_id, expected_value, and actual_value.
  2. Report missing, unexpected, duplicate, value-mismatch, and status-mismatch records.
  3. Sort by record_id, then issue_type.

Schema

source_records
ColumnTypeDescription
record_idPKINTSource record identifier
subject_codeVARCHAR(20)Subject or record code
baseline_valueDECIMAL(10,2)Baseline numeric value
followup_valueDECIMAL(10,2)Follow-up numeric value
statusVARCHAR(20)Expected record status
derived_records
ColumnTypeDescription
derived_idPKINTDerived row identifier
record_idINTSource record identifier
subject_codeVARCHAR(20)Derived subject or record code
change_valueDECIMAL(10,2)Derived change value
statusVARCHAR(20)Derived record status
Tablessource_recordsderived_records
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