Interested to Buy Any Domain ? << Click Here >> for more details...
What happens when you open an empty VSAM file in a COBOL
program for input?
- 5 Answers
- 28385 Views
- IBM, I also Faced
- E-Mail Answers
Answers were Sorted based on User's Feedback
Answer / guest
A VSAM file that has never contained a record is treated as
unavailable. Attempting to open for input will fail. An
empty file can be opened for output only. When you open for
output, COBOL will write a dummy record to the file & then
delete it out.
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 15 Yes | 5 No |
Answer / vinodh
Will result in
IDC3351I ** VSAM OPEN RETURN CODE IS 160
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 10 Yes | 0 No |
Answer / jitendra kumar r
use OPTION key word after the select in file control.
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 2 Yes | 1 No |
What is a lds (linear data set)?
What are the advantages of vsam over isam?
How vsam datasets are cataloged?
How do you convert flat files to VSAM files ?
What is the device independent method to indicate where a record is stored?
what do you mean by the cobol record key clause in vsam?
OPEN INPUT StudentFile READ StudentFile AT END SET EndOfStudentFile TO TRUE END-READ PERFORM UNTIL EndOfStudentFile DISPLAY StudentId SPACE StudentName SPACE CourseCode SPACE YOBirth READ StudentFile AT END SET EndOfStudentFile TO TRUE END-READ END-PERFORM CLOSE StudentFile STOP RUN what will be output
looking at the basic definition of VSAM file how to recognize whether it is a KSDS OR RRDS OR ESDS ?
What is a VSAM slot?
What is the purpose of the FILE STATUS clause in the SELECT statement?
what is the drawback of vsam dataset?? a.execution slow. b.free space. c.independent storage device. d.none of the above. let me know the answer with reason.
What is an alternate index?
COBOL 
