Is a delete operation possible in an ESDS?B. Is rewrite
operation possible in ESDS ?

Answer Posted / sangeetha

no deletion is not possible in esds . because in ESDS the
records are stored in relative byte address. so each record
will own its on relative byte address. so we cant delete
the records in ESDS.

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