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The CATALOG Procedure

DELETE Statement


Deletes entries from a SAS catalog.
Tip: Use DELETE to delete only a few entries; use SAVE when it is more convenient to specify which entries not to delete.
Tip: You can specify multiple entries. You can also use multiple DELETE statements.
See also: SAVE Statement
Featured in: Copying, Deleting, and Moving Catalog Entries from Multiple Catalogs

DELETE entry-1 <...entry-n> </ ENTRYTYPE=etype>;

Required Arguments

entry-1 <...entry-n>

specifies the name of one or more SAS catalog entries.

Restriction: You must designate the type of the entry, either with the name (ename.etype) or with the ENTRYTYPE= option.

Options

ENTRYTYPE=etype

restricts processing to one entry type.

See: The ENTRYTYPE= Option
See also: Specifying an Entry Type

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