CATALOG Procedure

DELETE Statement

Deletes entries from a SAS catalog.
Tips: Use DELETE to delete only a few entries; use SAVE when it is more convenient to specify which entries not to delete.

You can specify multiple entries. You can also use multiple DELETE statements.

See: SAVE Statement
Copying, Deleting, and Moving Catalog Entries from Multiple Catalogs

Syntax

Required Argument

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.

Optional Argument

ENTRYTYPE=etype
restricts processing to one entry type.