OPTIMIZE YOUR DELETE

Have you deleted a data set or tw o from a library that contains thousands of members using PROC DATASETS? If so, you probably have w itnessed some w ait time. To maximize performance, w e have reinstated PROC DELETE as a SAS-supported procedure. One of the main differences betw een PROC DELETE deletion methods versus PROC DATASETS DELETE is that PROC DELETE does not need an in-memory directory to delete a dataset. So w hat does this mean exactly? This paper w ill explain all.