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Concatenatation

Post by ppannala » Fri Sep 16, 2011 11:11 pm

I Have one doubt, can we do Concatenatation of VSAM files?

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Post by dbzTHEdinosauer » Fri Sep 16, 2011 11:34 pm

you do not have a doubt,
you have a question.

you don't DO CONCATENATION you CONCATENATE.

and the answer is: NO
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not what you meant.


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Post by ppannala » Wed Sep 21, 2011 9:10 pm

what are the advantages of Concatenate?

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Post by dbzTHEdinosauer » Wed Sep 21, 2011 10:02 pm

the words concatenate and concatenation are essentially the same.

concatenate is the 1st and 2nd person singular and 1st,2nd,3rd person plural forms of the verb to concatenate.

concatenation is a gerund/a noun.
that was my thrust in my first post.
a person does not do a noun,
a person does a verb.

i was correcting your english.
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Post by DikDude » Wed Sep 21, 2011 10:02 pm

With VSAM there are no "advantages" - concatenation does not apply. . .

When you mention advantages, what are you looking for? Compared to what?

If you clarify what you are actually looking for, we can provide better replies.
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Post by ppannala » Thu Sep 22, 2011 7:18 am

I mean why do we require concatination, why we cannot concatenate the VSAM files?

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Post by Anuj Dhawan » Thu Sep 22, 2011 2:16 pm

ROFL - Dick and Dick, this is all yours -- have Fun! :lol:
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Post by DikDude » Fri Sep 23, 2011 12:15 am

why we cannot concatenate the VSAM files
'Cause its the law. . .

Until you gain more familiarity with what VSAM is and how it works, a more technical answer would be of no help. . .
I mean why do we require concatination,
I know of no "requirement" to use concatenation. It is just another feature/tool to be used when appropriate. When it is appropriate is usually when there are multiple physical files that contain the same kind of data and need t be processed as a single file.
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