title: SAS: What is the quickest way to convert a dataset compressed in binary to compressed using char or vice versa?
body: <p>I have a dataset sitting on a local drive and I would like to convert it to char compress from binary compressed (or vice versa).</p>
  
  <pre><code>data local.dataset1(compress=c);
    set local.dataset1;
  run;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This is the best way I know. Is there a faster way?</p>