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himanshu7

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:54 am
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What is the way of accessing the dataset whose org is Direct Access?


Code:
General Data                          Current Allocation       
 Volume serial . . . : D8RT1O          Allocated blocks  . : 21
 Device type . . . . : 3390            Allocated extents . : 1
 Organization  . . . : DA                                     
 Record format . . . : F                                       
 Record length . . . : 2048                                   
 Block size  . . . . : 2048                                   
 1st extent blocks . : 21                                     
 Secondary blocks  . : 1                                       
                                                               
 Creation date . . . : 2008/10/24                             
 Referenced date . . : 2009/03/17                             
 Expiration date . . : ***None***



Edited: Please use BBcode when You post some code/error, that's rather readable, Thanks... Anuj
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Escapa

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:35 pm
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Generaly Organization . . . : DA are BDAM files.
used by CA product for libraries.
you can read it using CA-ELIPS
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himanshu7

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:37 pm
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you can read it using CA-ELIPS



Could you explain?
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ofer71

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:44 pm
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There are products to assist in reading DA files.

You can write your own program, using the BDAM macro. Axamples might be found in the fine manuals.

O.
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Anuj Dhawan

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 2:35 pm
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Hi,

DA means BDAM (Basic Direct Access Method). Search this forum or IBM for more details.
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Anuj Dhawan

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 3:28 pm
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Hi,

Here is a similar thread: www.ibmmainframes.com/about35823.html
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