How to createa vsam dataset using COBOL

ranjitbhingare · New User Joined: 30 Nov 2005 Posts: 94 Location: PUNE

How to createa vsam dataset using COBOL?

priyesh.agrawal · Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 10:14 pm

Can dataset be created by a COBOL Program... Its the JOB (JCL) which does so....

Datasets only been referred in programs....

Regards,

Priyesh.

ranjitbhingare · New User Joined: 30 Nov 2005 Posts: 94 Location: PUNE

I know there is some way by which you can give JCL statements in a cobol program.

Just want to know how to do that.

priyesh.agrawal · Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 10:24 pm

ranjitbhingare · New User Joined: 30 Nov 2005 Posts: 94 Location: PUNE

Thanks a lot !
I will try and let you know.

k_vikram07 · New User Joined: 23 Nov 2005 Posts: 35

YOu can use the IDCAMS utility in the program to create it.
It is the module of IDCAMS which can create the VSAM file.
Not sure on how to use this exactly. But there is a way for it.

Call IDCAMS using parm1dd.

Thanks
Vik.

senthils · Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 2:35 pm

There are programs like BPXWDYN which can be called from a COBOL program. These are used to execute TSO commands from COBOL program. So we can issue TSO ALLOCATE command from the program to allocate new datasets.

I am attaching a document for further reference. I haven't tried it out myself but I am sure that it will work.