W dniu 20.11.2020 o 18:01, Paul Gilmartin pisze:
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!"
OK, who's using VBS? Of course except IFASMFDP.
I don't say it is impossible, I say it is rarely used.


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

No, it isn't. VRRDS is the choice for such scenario.
Of course Db2 table is better.

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Radoslaw Skorupka
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