I tried creating a PS FB LRECL=6 for a list of volsers. It was not created and didn't work until it got to 10. Other files I have seen replace a zero length record replaced with a 1 blank record.
On Sat, Dec 28, 2019 at 1:39 PM Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, 27 Dec 2019 19:56:15 -0600, Joe Monk wrote: > > >ESDS uses RBA (relative byte address). You cant store a record at RBA 0, > >because that would be the last byte of the previous record. > > > I'd call it, rather, the first byte of the following record. > > But, whichever, why should it be an obstacle to having a zero-length record? > > In the sixth century brilliant Indian mathematicians added zero > to the number system. IBM designers have not yet caught up. > > >On Fri, Dec 27, 2019 at 4:55 PM Frank Swarbrick wrote: > > > >> So I am trying to copy sequential file to a VSAM ESDS. One of the lines > >> in the source file has a record length of zero. Apparently VSAM does not > >> support zero-length records? Can this be true? This blank line has > >> "meaning". What are my options? > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
