SAS® Certification Prep Guide: Advanced Programming for SAS®9, Third Edition

Chapter 20Controlling Memory Usage

Overview

Introduction

Objectives

Prerequisites

Controlling Page Size and the Number of Buffers

Measuring I/O

Page Size

Reporting Page Size

Using the BUFSIZE= Option

Using the BUFNO= Option

Comparative Example: Using the BUFSIZE= Option and the BUFNO= Option

Using the SASFILE Statement

Overview

Guidelines for Using the SASFILE Statement

Comparative Example: Using the SASFILE Statement

Additional Features

Using the IBUFSIZE= System Option

Summary

Controlling Page Size and the Number of Buffers

Using the SASFILE Statement

Additional Features

Quiz

Overview

Introduction

As you have learned, there is no single set of programming techniques that is most efficient or appropriate in all situations. However, if reducing ...