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BUFNO= |
Default: | 1 |
Valid in: | configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, OPTIONS window |
CMS specifics: | maximum number of buffers |
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BUFNO=number-of-buffers |
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The buffer number is not a permanent attribute of the data set and is valid only for the current SAS session or job.
To reduce input/output operations on a small data set and speed up execution time, allocate one buffer for each memory page of data to be processed. This technique is most effective if you read the same observations several times during processing.
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