Date:         Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:27:28 -0500
Reply-To:     Arthur Tabachneck <art297@NETSCAPE.NET>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Arthur Tabachneck <art297@NETSCAPE.NET>
Subject:      Re: Reduce SAS dataset size
Comments: To: "SUBSCRIBE SAS-L Joe H. Smith" <peesari.mahesh@GMAIL.COM>

Mahesh,

Do you need to reduce the size of the file, or simply speed up your
analyses/report generating activities when accessing the file?

If it is the latter, simply use the keep= option when you set it or
declare it in a data= statement, and only keep the variables that you need.

Art
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On Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:22:51 -0500, SUBSCRIBE SAS-L Joe H. Smith
<peesari.mahesh@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>  How can i reduce my  sas data set size other than using Compress option,
>    please help me out ....
>
>
> Thanks & Regards
>   mahesh