You can have duplicate keys in a path that uses an alternate index to access a KSDS. The "true key" built by VSAM for the alternate index has a tie-breaker field.
What does it mean to "have a dup" in an ESDS? There is no key? pup IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> wrote on 08/28/2006 02:53:13 PM: > You should not have dups in a KSDS file. During write processing you > should have had a dupkey condition raised. > For ESDS I would probably use SORT/MERGE and tell it to drop dups. > Mark D Pace ----------------------------------------- The information contained in this communication (including any attachments hereto) is confidential and is intended solely for the personal and confidential use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. The information may also constitute a legally privileged confidential communication. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, copying, or unauthorized use of this information, or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message. Thank you ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
