SQLite might be very nice to emulate some parts of VSAM, mainly KSDS (keyed) with alternate indices. I don't see where it would be correct for ESDS (the only other VSAM supported by CICS). Another thing which might be useful could be Berkeley DB: <quote> The Berkeley Database (Berkeley DB) is a programmatic toolkit that provides embedded database support for both traditional and client/server applications. The Berkeley DB includes B+tree, Extended Linear Hashing, Fixed and Variable-length record access methods, transactions, locking, logging, shared memory caching, and database recovery. The Berkeley DB supports C, C++, Java, and Perl APIs. It is used by many applications, including Python and Perl, so this should be installed on all systems. </quote>
I just don't know if it supports the concept of an alternate index/key. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On > Behalf Of Mike Noel > Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2012 12:34 PM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: porting kicks > > Good point about prefacing the environment ddnames with *something* to > ensure they don't conflict with other environment names. > I also appreciate your mentioning the z/os open environment; I'd > forgotten about it. I'm supposing a port to that world would not be > too difficult after I had a running zLinux implementation, but I > wonder if there would be any interest given that KICKS already works > well for TSO in z/os? > VSAM is of course a whole different issue. I consider a major piece of > my KICKS to Linux port to be providing vsam functionality in that > world and I'm presenting thinking to base my 'vsam' on sqlite. I > understand several people are working to port sqlite to zLinux; > hopefully they will 'beat' me! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
