Yeah, because the RBA entry is 32 bits (4 bytes) so 4 + 6 =10... Joe
On Sat, Dec 28, 2019 at 7:05 PM Mike Schwab <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
