What are the different types of VSAM files available?

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What are the different types of VSAM files available? ..

Answer / harish

one more thatz

LDS = LINEAR DATA SETS

THEY DONT HAVE RECORDS, THEY ARE LONG STRINGS OF BYTES OF
DATA............PORTABLE ACROSS SYSTEMS

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What are the different types of VSAM files available? ..

Answer / anandaboopalan

Totally 5 are available

ESDS: Entry Sequence Data Set

KSDS: Key Sequence Data Set

RRDS: Relative Record Data Set

LDS = LINEAR DATA SETS

VRRDS = Variable Relative Record Data Set

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What are the different types of VSAM files available? ..

Answer / sanjudharan

ESDS: Entry Sequence Data Set

KSDS: Key Sequence Data Set

RRDS: Relative Data Set

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