Deleting Rows in a Table
Overview
To delete some or all of the rows
in a table, use the DELETE statement. When the statement is successfully
executed, the SAS log shows a message that indicates the number of
rows that have been deleted.
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General form, DELETE
statement for deleting rows in a table:
DELETE FROM table-name
<WHERE expression>;
table-name
specifies the name
of the table in which rows will be deleted.
WHERE
is used to specify
an expression that subsets
the rows to be deleted.
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CAUTION:
If you want to delete
only a subset of rows in the table, you must specify a WHERE clause
or all rows in the table will be deleted.
Note: You can also use the DELETE statement to delete ...
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