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ssowjanya

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PostPosted: Wed May 04, 2005 2:11 pm
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Hi,
In Cobol what does it mean by.......
BLOCK CONTAINS ZERO RECORDS
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PostPosted: Thu May 05, 2005 3:36 pm
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hi,

if you had given like that

the values given in JCL will be considered.

pavan
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PostPosted: Thu May 05, 2005 7:40 pm
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[quote]Hi,
In Cobol what does it mean by.......
BLOCK CONTAINS ZERO RECORDS[quote]

Hi Friend
It means it is a VSAM file.
Correct me if i am wrong.

Thanks
Chandra[/quote]
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priyesh.agrawal

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PostPosted: Thu May 05, 2005 8:07 pm
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Check this one....

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/pdthelp/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.entcobol3.doc/rlfdeblo.htm

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