Thanks so much for the tip


> On Feb 3, 2017, at 2:42 PM, Farley, Peter x23353 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> BSAM only gets you an entire block on a READ.  You have to extract each 
> varying record from the block with your own code.
> 
> On a WRITE you have to give it an entire block, BDW + one or more RDW + 
> record.  You have to construct the block yourself in your own code before you 
> issue the WRITE.
> 
> OTOH you don't have to wait for completion of a READ or a WRITE.  You can 
> issue a WRITE at the end of a processing loop and then go back to process the 
> next record while the WRITE completes, and only CHECK the WRITE when you are 
> ready to issue the next WRITE.
> 
> Similarly for READ's, issue another READ right after the start of processing 
> for the prior record, then CHECK the second READ when you come back to the 
> top of the processing loop.
> 
> Complicated, but it can provide improved (FSVO improved) elapsed time by 
> overlapping processing with I/O rather than processing synchronously.
> 
> HTH
> 
> Peter
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On 
> Behalf Of Joseph Reichman
> Sent: Friday, February 03, 2017 2:27 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: BSAM vs QSAM
> 
> 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.
>> 
>> Chris Blaicher
>> Technical Architect
>> Mainframe Development
>> Syncsort Incorporated
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>> 
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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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