What is an alternate index and path ?
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Answer / guest
An alternate index is an another way of accessing key
sequenced data record stored in a base cluster and path is
the linkage which connect alternate index to its base cluster.
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Answer / xyz
An alternate index is an additional way of accessing the
base cluster.
A PATH is an entry in VSAM catalog that establishes a
logical link between an alternate index and the base
cluster.
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