> On Jun 1, 2018, at 5:55 PM, Frank Swarbrick <frank.swarbr...@outlook.com> > wrote: > > Here's something interesting I found in the "VSAM Demystified" Redbook: > "Empty KSDSs: RLS allows you to open an empty KSDS without first loading the > data set. In other modes (NSR, RLS [sic?]), this process is not possible." > (I'm assuming that last usage of "RLS" should be "LSR".) > > Can't find the actual IBM documentation of this, nor can I test it (we don't > use RLS), but it seems to add weight to my thought that this should be > allowed... > Frank,
Maybe it is a IBM marketing tool to sell RLS, if it is then it fell on deaf ears, as I never heard of that feature either, anyone one else? Ed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
