what is SPAM RECORDS IN VSAM please give me a example.

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what is SPAM RECORDS IN VSAM please give me a example.

Post by mainframe5 » Fri Oct 31, 2008 6:49 pm

what is SPAM RECORDS IN VSAM please give me a example.and what conditions i am using spam records.

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Post by dbzTHEdinosauer » Fri Oct 31, 2008 10:26 pm

SPANNED is the term you should be googling/searching IBM for.
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Post by Anuj Dhawan » Tue Nov 25, 2008 8:46 am

Hi,

'am pretty sure you wanted to say "SPAN" & not "SPAM".. :)

Spanned records: when ever one new record is required to insert in to a CI, if the free space present in the CI is not sufficient for this entry. then the new record will occupy tyhe free spacein the old CI and the remaining part of record will occupy the space in new CI, this process is called Spanning of Records.
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