What are the different types of VSAM files available?
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Answer / harish
one more thatz
LDS = LINEAR DATA SETS
THEY DONT HAVE RECORDS, THEY ARE LONG STRINGS OF BYTES OF
DATA............PORTABLE ACROSS SYSTEMS
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Answer / anandaboopalan
Totally 5 are available
ESDS: Entry Sequence Data Set
KSDS: Key Sequence Data Set
RRDS: Relative Record Data Set
LDS = LINEAR DATA SETS
VRRDS = Variable Relative Record Data Set
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Answer / sanjudharan
ESDS: Entry Sequence Data Set
KSDS: Key Sequence Data Set
RRDS: Relative Data Set
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