Special features of Qsam over Vsam

rambabu · New User Joined: 18 Apr 2005 Posts: 67

1)What is the difference Qsam and normal sequential file?

2)what is the special features of Qsam as compare to normal sequential file and how many records can we write (max) in Qsam?

dick scherrer · Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 4:05 am

Hello,

QSAM IS a normal sequential file. The question may need clarification.

I can think of no "special features" of QSAM. The limit of what you can write is not a number of records, but rather how much of the output media is available (dasd, tape, etc).