What is the most efficient to create a dataset that has the names of all datasets in a given library?
Querying dictionary.tables
An example:
proc sql;
create table WorkDatasets as
select memname
from dictionary.tables
where libname='WORK'
;
QUIT;
Sometimes dictionary tables perform slowly because there are lots of libraries and tables and/or some libraries point to external databases. PROC DATASETS can be a lot faster. This example uses ODS to create a dataset CONTENTS containing a list of all tables in the WORK library.
proc datasets library = WORK nolist;
contents data = _ALL_ nods;
ods output members = contents (rename = (name = memname));
run;
ods output close;
quit;
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