How Vsam was evolved? What was the equivalent file for
ESDS,KSDS and RRDS prior to evolution? What were their
disadvantages of those file which leads to evolution of
ESDS,KSDS and RRDS files ?



How Vsam was evolved? What was the equivalent file for ESDS,KSDS and RRDS prior to evolution? Wha..

Answer / anand r

ESDS
in batch it acts like a flat file
organizanition-sequential
Accessmode is sequential

in online we can read and write the records random manner
by using the key field

KSDS
Access mode: sequential,random and dynamic is possible
like indexed file

RRDS:
like KSDS we can use all the access modes and records are
accessed using RID (record identification No) thats
relative key

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