Because in ESDS we cannot insert a record in between 2 records. In case of

In vsam at the cluster creation for KSDS FREESPACE parameter
is required but for ESDS FREESPACE parameter is not required ?

Question Posted / kiran_2be3

Answer Posted / kiran_2be3

Because in ESDS we cannot insert a record in between 2
records. In case of KSDS we can.

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