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No. Because you cannot insert records in an ESDS, also when
you rewrite a record, it must be of the same length. Thus
putting any value for freespace does not make any sense.

By looking into the Jcl can we identify the dataset is VSAM?

5 Answers   Cognizant, Keane India Ltd,

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On which dataset you can have alt index?

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If FSPC(100 10 is specified does it mean that both the control interval and control area will be left empty because 100 % of both CI and ca are specified to be empty?

1 Answers   DSRC,

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What are the different parameters that are used in vsam?

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What does the KEYRANGES parameter in Define Cluster commend do?

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Common VSAM Error conditions and codes

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what is the meaning of each of the values in shareopts(2 3)?

0 Answers   IBM,

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why do we use vsam file thn seqential files ?

3 Answers   Tech Mahindra,

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How to get the last record in vsam file in cluster?

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what do you mean by define model parameter?

0 Answers   IBM,

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Hi, I want to create alternate index on VSAM file.my file structure is ex: RoomID pic x(7) R000001 Floor pic a((6) First RoomNo pic x(2) FA1 Occupied(yes/no) pic a(3) Yes Occupied Batch pic x(10). Maths i want to create alternate index on floor,roomno fields.can i create alternate index on both the fields.and tell me how to create.

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what is a Base Cluster?

3 Answers   HSBC, TCS,

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