VSAM and Flat read diffrence

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ppannala
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VSAM and Flat read diffrence

Post by ppannala » Mon Dec 12, 2011 7:05 pm

How can we diffrentiate a read of VSAM and Flat file in a cobol progam?
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Post by dbzTHEdinosauer » Mon Dec 12, 2011 8:55 pm

instead of looking at the instructions,
look at the SELECT Statement
and the FD Section for the file in question.

the COBOL Manual (hyperlinks at top of page)
will provide the syntax for both a qsam and vsam file defintion.
Dick Brenholtz
JCL, SQL and code in programs have an irritating habit of doing what you say,
not what you meant.
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Post by pragyasonavane » Wed Jun 06, 2012 1:45 am

Check this link - http://www.mainframetutorials.com/progr ... .vsam.html

link modified dbz
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Post by NicC » Wed Jun 06, 2012 10:49 am

pragyasonavane, stop advertising - unless you are paying for it
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