> -----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- ********************************************************************** Information contained in this e-mail message and in any attachments thereto is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy this message, delete any copies held on your systems, notify the sender immediately, and refrain from using or disclosing all or any part of its content to any other person. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN