How to delete the records of a dataset through cobol
programme?We should not use jcl utilitities like IDCAMS.
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Answer Posted / vivek chandrasekaran
If the file we are using is VSAm file then we can go for Key mentioned,
If it is a sequential file we have to read till the 49th record then needs to delete the 50th record, this is the main disadvantage with Sequential files.
Syntax for deleting record.
DELETE file_name RECORD
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