Answer Posted / prameela

BY seeing file we can say whether it vsam file or flat file(PS file)
if VSAM file will have below things
KSDS
1.name of the file
2.In the name of the file last qualifier will have data as qualifier
3.will have word index as last qulifier in the name of the file
Esds,RRDS,LDS will have only 1 and 2 specified in the above
FLat file will have only name of the file

Explain the catalog?

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how can you load a vsam data set with records ?

1223

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Using alternate indexes in cics program?

1071

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How is the sorting of vsam files carried?

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how do you create an alternate index ?

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there are seven idcams commands in vsam. Can you name and explain each of them?

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Using alternate indexes in batch program?

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what parameter in the define aix option is used to determine the maximum number of duplicate keys allowable ?

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What are the building blocks used in vsam datasets?

1035

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explain in brief why do vsam take more disk space than other utilities?

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If fspc(100 100) 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?

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to use the rewrite command, how should the vsam file be opened?

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what is the meaning of each of the values in shareopts(2 3)?

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What are the information stored in ci?

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what do you mean by a upgrade set in vsam?

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