I have huge VB files 

Don't really understand what you mean by 

Deblock after doing a READ then WAIT

Where an entire block is read subsequent READs
Just point to the next record 

> On Feb 3, 2017, at 2:22 PM, Blaicher, Christopher Y. <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> There can be if you code for just what you expect.
> 
> QSAM does multi-buffer I/O for you, with BSAM you have to issue multiple 
> WRITE or REAAD commands and do a WAIT, not to mention having to block or 
> de-block the buffer, which can be a real pain for VBS files.
> 
> It really depends on how much you are processing and how often you are doing 
> it to determine if the amount of time you are going to spend on developing it 
> makes it worth it.
> 
> Using QSAM with GET LOCATE (as long as you aren't processing VBS files) and a 
> reasonable BUFNO of 10 or more is going to get you close to most BSAM 
> applications.  GET or PUT with the MOVE option is the easiest to code for.
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On 
> Behalf Of Joseph Reichman
> Sent: Friday, February 3, 2017 1:51 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: BSAM vs QSAM
> 
> Hi
> 
> BSAM is a bit more complex than QSAM
> 
> Is there any performance improvement
> 
> Thanks
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