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I still despise VSAM at times. Like right now due to not being able to
"share" an open VSAM file across z/OS images. Granted, this is a
documented restriction. But our programmers don't really care, they just
want VSAM to work the way that __they__ want it to work, not the way it
was designed.
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Do they *want* their SUV's to fly as well? We all have to live with some
limitations, however unreasonable we might feel those limitations. I can
think of a few people that seriously need killing, but I can't do it. We
learn to adapt; so can those programmers.
Slap them up-side the head and teach them about VSAM buffers in storage,
index updating, etc. Then maybe, just maybe, they'll understand why they
can't always get what they want. :-) (Also, remind them how bad ISAM
was; that ought to get their attention.)
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