Answer / aji cherian

We can rewrie but cannot delete

Answer / max

ESDS is entry sequence data set...ans 2 is correct

Answer / srivatsa

We can rewirte the record. Record can not be deleted.

Answer / yadav

we cant delete record from ESDS file but we can rewrite
record of same lenth at the position of preveous record

Answer / piyush mani

original record

01 piyush gurgaon

rewrited record

01 piyush delhi

wrt fd like this

fd file1
01 frec.
02 id pic 9(2) value 01.
02 name pic x(10) value piyush.
02 place pic x(10) value delhi.
02 filler pic x(68).

now open file and give rewrite option the record wil b updated


but we can't delete a esds record as it is stored in disc...

Thanks

Answer / sukhwinder singh

what is ESDS file?

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