What are the types of VSAM datasets?

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What are the types of VSAM datasets?..

Answer / mohan

ESDS(ENTRY SEQUENCY DATASET)
KSDS(KEY SEQUENCES DATASET)
RRDS(RELATIVE RECORD DATASET)
LDS(LINEAR RECORD DATASET)

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What are the types of VSAM datasets?..

Answer / nihar ranjan karan

There are now 5 variations of VSAM datasets available:
1. ESDS(ENTRY SEQUENCY DATASET)
2. KSDS(KEY SEQUENCES DATASET)
3. RRDS(FIXED RELATIVE RECORD DATASET)
4. VRRDS(VARIABLE RRDS)
5. LDS(LINEAR RECORD DATASET)

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What are the types of VSAM datasets?..

Answer / guest

Entry sequenced datasets (ESDS), key sequenced datasets
(KSDS) and relative record dataset (RRDS).

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