Answer / dhasani

dsn=&&dsname or By not giving data set name.

Answer / nisha

1.when no DSN is given the system automatically allocates temp data.
2.when DSN=NULLFILE is specified
3.DSN=&&temp
use:
the temp data uses space only during its execution
so, wastage of space can be avoided

Answer / guest

by using the symbolic parameter we can create temporary data
set.the temporary dataset is used for storing the sorted
records before it store into the output file..

What does the initialize statement do ?

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