topic Re: How many dataset we can use in one to one merge in sas data step . in SAS Procedures https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/How-many-dataset-we-can-use-in-one-to-one-merge-in-sas-data-step/m-p/178822#M45641 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello,</P><P>as per the documentation of SAS (<A href="http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/basess/58133/HTML/default/viewer.htm#a001304305.htm">http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/basess/58133/HTML/default/viewer.htm#a001304305.htm</A>),</P><P>under <A href="http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/basess/58133/HTML/default/a001318477.htm">Understanding the MERGE Statement</A> it is stated:</P><P></P><P>"SAS-data-set-list is the names of two or more SAS data sets to merge. The list may contain any number of data sets"</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 20 Nov 2014 09:38:37 GMT Loko 2014-11-20T09:38:37Z How many dataset we can use in one to one merge in sas data step . https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/How-many-dataset-we-can-use-in-one-to-one-merge-in-sas-data-step/m-p/178821#M45640 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>How many dataset we can use in one to one merge in sas data step .</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 20 Nov 2014 09:30:11 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/How-many-dataset-we-can-use-in-one-to-one-merge-in-sas-data-step/m-p/178821#M45640 LearnByMistk 2014-11-20T09:30:11Z Re: How many dataset we can use in one to one merge in sas data step . https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/How-many-dataset-we-can-use-in-one-to-one-merge-in-sas-data-step/m-p/178822#M45641 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello,</P><P>as per the documentation of SAS (<A href="http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/basess/58133/HTML/default/viewer.htm#a001304305.htm">http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/basess/58133/HTML/default/viewer.htm#a001304305.htm</A>),</P><P>under <A href="http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/basess/58133/HTML/default/a001318477.htm">Understanding the MERGE Statement</A> it is stated:</P><P></P><P>"SAS-data-set-list is the names of two or more SAS data sets to merge. The list may contain any number of data sets"</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 20 Nov 2014 09:38:37 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/How-many-dataset-we-can-use-in-one-to-one-merge-in-sas-data-step/m-p/178822#M45641 Loko 2014-11-20T09:38:37Z Re: How many dataset we can use in one to one merge in sas data step . https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/How-many-dataset-we-can-use-in-one-to-one-merge-in-sas-data-step/m-p/178823#M45642 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>According to <A href="http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/basess/58133/HTML/default/viewer.htm#a001318477.htm" title="http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/basess/58133/HTML/default/viewer.htm#a001318477.htm">Step-by-Step Programming with Base SAS(R) Software</A>, there seems to be no fixed limit:</P><P>The list may contain any number of data sets.</P><P>But you may run out of resources with very large numbers of datasets; you can only confirm this by testing.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 20 Nov 2014 09:39:40 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/How-many-dataset-we-can-use-in-one-to-one-merge-in-sas-data-step/m-p/178823#M45642 Kurt_Bremser 2014-11-20T09:39:40Z