Answer Posted / 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.

how do you create an alternate index ?

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explain in brief how are different versions of gdg named?

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can you specify some the distinctive features of a ksds, key sequenced dataset?

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how many buffers are allocated to vsam ksds and esds?

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what are s0c1, s0c4, s0c5, s0c7 abends?

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write a program to read from a VSAM file , there will be a 5 records to create name. empno. resignation and address to update in a db2 table and call another program using dynamic call to find the matching fields in program 1 to update in db2 table. anybody pls send de program for dis ? thanks in advance...

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what do you mean by recovery and speed parameters in define cluster command?

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Why is master catalog used in vsam?

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explain how can you initialize a vsam file before any operation?

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Explain the difference between lds and esds?

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Why is it required to have a keyed directed retrieval?

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explain how many ways you can load data in a vsam cluster?

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Differentiate between ci split and ca split?

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if you wish to use the rewrite command how must the vsam file be opened?

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Using alternate indexes in cics program?

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