What CICS command would you use to read a VSAM KSDS
sequentially in ascending order?



What CICS command would you use to read a VSAM KSDS sequentially in ascending order?..

Answer / manish_cics

sequential access of VSAM file under CICS is
called "browsing". we 'll use this coomand::

EXEC CICS READNEXT
DATASET(NAME)/FILE(NAME)
INTO(DATA-AREA)
LENGTH(DATA-VALUE)
RIDFLD(DATA-AREA)
END-EXEC.
the READNEXT command is used to read a record of afile
sequentially forward .the STARTBR must ve been succesfully
completed prior to issuing the READNEXT command.

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