Book DescriptionThis short book has just one purpose: to teach you everything you need to know to handle VSAM files in your COBOL programs. Concepts and terms, COBOL elements for all types of VSAM data sets, alternate indexing and dynamic access, I/O error handling, the AMS utility, JCL for running programs, VS COBOL II considerations...and nothing more!(6 chapters, 187 pages, 91 illustrations)
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Rating: - Still some of the best tech material out there
This book is even better than the original, which I bought over 10 years ago. Easy to understand and full of IMPORTANT information and lots of lesser-known features which I need, not the trivialities that you dont need. This really is a working programmer's desk guide.
Rating: - A truly useful primer for the beginning VSAM programmer.
This book has proven its worth many times in a training program administered by my staff. All aspects of VSAM processing have been clearly laid out with excellent examples of each concept being used in a COBOL program. Since COBOL is still the reigning king of business programming, this book still retains a useful place in any mainframe programmer's library and is an excellent primer for the beginning programmer.
- Still some of the best tech material out there
- A truly useful primer for the beginning VSAM programmer.
