On Fri, 20 Nov 2020 16:47:58 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote:

>> However what If I would like to make the record size larger I might get a 
>> s0c4 possibly 

>QSAM doesn't allow changing the record length and BSAM doesn't allow changing 
>the block size
>
What about RECFM=VBS, initially padding each block with a null segment,
allowing limited insertion, expansion, and deletion?

Can a VBS block consist entirely of a null segment?
"Aint no rule saying a dog can't play basketball!"

>As others have written, this is a use case for VSAM.
?
Isn't that cheating?  ESDS?  KSDS?  RRDS?  ...?

-- gil

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