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KalaBhairava
Quartz | Level 8

I have a few datasets in my library and I want to delete datasets which has zero records , can anyone create macro to do that? 

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PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26

No macro needed. Assuming you want to delete from the Library named WORK, this is how to do it:

 

proc sql noprint;
    select distinct memname into :zeros separated by ' ' from sashelp.vtable where nobs=0 and libname='WORK';
quit;

proc datasets library=work;
    delete &zeros;
run;
quit;

 

Naturally, if the Library name is different you have to modify the code above to refer to a different library. In SQL, the library name must be upper case. Also, the datasets are deleted without warning.

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Paige Miller

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PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26

No macro needed. Assuming you want to delete from the Library named WORK, this is how to do it:

 

proc sql noprint;
    select distinct memname into :zeros separated by ' ' from sashelp.vtable where nobs=0 and libname='WORK';
quit;

proc datasets library=work;
    delete &zeros;
run;
quit;

 

Naturally, if the Library name is different you have to modify the code above to refer to a different library. In SQL, the library name must be upper case. Also, the datasets are deleted without warning.

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Paige Miller
KalaBhairava
Quartz | Level 8
Thank you very much Sir, it is working.

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