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Auto Generate VSAM Primary Key

PostPosted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 4:38 pm
by Falcon
Hi,
Could you please let me know if there is any option in VSAM to auto-generate the primary key, like we have is DB2?

Re: Auto Generate VSAM Primary Key

PostPosted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 4:43 pm
by enrico-sorichetti
NO!

db2 at insertion time does quite a bit of work
VSAM ... almost nothing, takes a record and inserts/updates things according to the cluster definition!

Re: Auto Generate VSAM Primary Key

PostPosted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 9:29 pm
by Falcon
Thanks for the information.