RETRIEVE_CATALOG

Retrieves a catalog from a package.

Syntax

CALL RETRIEVE_CATALOG(entryId, libname, memname, rc);

entryId

Numeric, input.
Identifies the catalog entry.

libname

Character, input.
Specifies the SAS library that will contain the retrieved catalog.

memname

Character, input.
Names the retrieved catalog.

rc

Numeric, output.
Receives a return code.

Details

If the memname parameter is blank, the RETRIEVE_CATALOG CALL routine creates the catalog using the original member name as it was defined at publish time.

The following example retrieves a catalog from the package and creates the catalog WORK.TMPCAT.

lib = 'work';
mem = 'tmpcat';
CALL RETRIEVE_CATALOG(entryId, lib, mem, rc);