Can you REWRITE a record in an ESDS file? Can you DELETE a
record from it?

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Can you REWRITE a record in an ESDS file? Can you DELETE a record from it?..

Answer / aji cherian

We can rewrie but cannot delete

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Can you REWRITE a record in an ESDS file? Can you DELETE a record from it?..

Answer / max

ESDS is entry sequence data set...ans 2 is correct

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Can you REWRITE a record in an ESDS file? Can you DELETE a record from it?..

Answer / srivatsa

We can rewirte the record. Record can not be deleted.

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Can you REWRITE a record in an ESDS file? Can you DELETE a record from it?..

Answer / yadav

we cant delete record from ESDS file but we can rewrite
record of same lenth at the position of preveous record

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Can you REWRITE a record in an ESDS file? Can you DELETE a record from it?..

Answer / piyush mani

original record

01 piyush gurgaon

rewrited record

01 piyush delhi

wrt fd like this

fd file1
01 frec.
02 id pic 9(2) value 01.
02 name pic x(10) value piyush.
02 place pic x(10) value delhi.
02 filler pic x(68).

now open file and give rewrite option the record wil b updated


but we can't delete a esds record as it is stored in disc...

Thanks

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Can you REWRITE a record in an ESDS file? Can you DELETE a record from it?..

Answer / sukhwinder singh

what is ESDS file?

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