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Nasser_DRMCP
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10

Hello,

 

I have a program that creates a table Inside the SBOX libray via macro prog and tables in the work Library.

At the end of the program I would like to delete all tables in the work so I do

proc delete library=work ; run ;

My prob is that tables are still existing in the work Library and the sbox table is deleted

many thanks in advance for your help

regards

Nasser

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Mr_Kempe
Calcite | Level 5

Hi,

 

You can use PROC DATASETS in combination with the KILL keyword to delete all datasets in a library.

 

proc datasets library=work kill;
quit;

Be careful, because this statement deletes all tables from the specified library without a warning.

 

Regards,

Pim

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Mr_Kempe
Calcite | Level 5

Hi,

 

You can use PROC DATASETS in combination with the KILL keyword to delete all datasets in a library.

 

proc datasets library=work kill;
quit;

Be careful, because this statement deletes all tables from the specified library without a warning.

 

Regards,

Pim

Ksharp
Super User

proc delete data=_all_ ; run ;

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