> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Jon Butler
> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2014 8:19 AM
> 
> I'd like to state that even after 30 years of MVS, I still use the term 
> "file" when referring to
> mainframe datasets.  In fact, if you look at the IBM COBOL manual, you will 
> see "File Organization",
> not "Dataset Organization"; PL/I refers to "FILE Attributes", etc.  And I 
> think I can safely say I
> have never seen a DD NULLDATASET command  ;-))
> 
> Don't be too hard on people just trying to learn.

Q:  What's the "structural difference" between a DB2 Table and a VSAM KSDS?

A:  The DB2 Table contains "rows" and "columns".  The VSAM KSDS contains 
"records" and "fields".

    -jc-

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