What's a LDS (Linear Data Set) and what's it used for?
- 1 Answers
- 17847 Views
- Cap Gemini, Steria, I also Faced
- E-Mail Answers
Answer / guest
LDS is a VSAM dataset in name only. It has unstructured 4k
(4096 bytes) fixed size CI?s which do not contain control
fields and therefore from VSAM's standpoint they do not
contain any logical records. There is no free space, and no
access from Cobol. Can be accessed by DB2 and IMS fast path
datasets. LDS is essentially a table of data maintained on
disk. The 'table entries' must be created via a user program
and can only be logically accessed via a user program. When
passed, the entire LDS must be mapped into storage, and then
data is accessed via base and displacement type processing.
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 17 Yes | 10 No |
If FSPC(100 10 is specified does it mean that both the control interval and control area will be left empty because 100 % of both CI and ca are specified to be empty?
Explain the catalog?
What is Base Cluster ?
What is the use of KSDS,LDS,ESDS,RRDS??what is VRRDS?? How are all these useful in realtime scenario??Plz helpme out...Its a recent question in IGATE..
What is free space?
What's a LDS (Linear Data Set) and what's it used for?
What is VERIFY command ? when do you use this command?? What actually it does ??
Assuming that the DEFINE JCL is not available, how do you get info about a VSAM file's organisation?
By seeing the file itself how can we identify whether it is A vsam file or flat file
What are the types of VSAM datasets?
what are the additional information you should give in the dd statement while defining the next generation of a gdg?
Explain the purpose of the file status clause in the select statement?
COBOL 
