Vsam tips
1) copy vsam to flat file 2) then process the flat file in subsequent steps 3) some times vsam is empty 4) when it is empty job abends //step3 exec pgm=sort,parm='vsamemt=yes' //sysout dd sysout=* //sortin dd dsn=vsam.dsn,disp=shr //sortout dd dsn=flatfile.dsn,disp=shr //sysin dd * sortfields = copy //* 2) how should be vsam file defined that it can be accessed both in cics and in batch define shareoption(2,3) 3) vsam equivalent of tempdataset is to create vsam file with re-use option. a dataset created with re-use can be treated as new dataset at any subsequent time. 4)vsam dataset - read only //step1 exec pgm=idcams //sysprint dd sysout=* //sysin ...
