What are the types of VSAM datasets?
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Answer / mohan
ESDS(ENTRY SEQUENCY DATASET)
KSDS(KEY SEQUENCES DATASET)
RRDS(RELATIVE RECORD DATASET)
LDS(LINEAR RECORD DATASET)
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Answer / nihar ranjan karan
There are now 5 variations of VSAM datasets available:
1. ESDS(ENTRY SEQUENCY DATASET)
2. KSDS(KEY SEQUENCES DATASET)
3. RRDS(FIXED RELATIVE RECORD DATASET)
4. VRRDS(VARIABLE RRDS)
5. LDS(LINEAR RECORD DATASET)
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Answer / guest
Entry sequenced datasets (ESDS), key sequenced datasets
(KSDS) and relative record dataset (RRDS).
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