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Another COBOL Programming exercise for VSAM indexed file with alternate indices
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Description
I would like to write a COBOL program to read a VSAM file by its index and alternate index.
The programs could be relatively small and just read a file that contains a few records.
The code should read more than one keyed record within a "multi-keyed" record, like
REC1.KEY_FIELD1 = '11111111'
REC1.KEY_FIELD2 = '0001';
REC2.KEY_FIELD1 = '11111111'
REC2.KEY_FIELD2 = '0002'
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Additional Context
Also, a corresponding write-up similar to those used for the first 3 programs.
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Research direction
Review the first three programs and their corresponding write-ups to understand the course's expected structure. Define a small exercise that reads multiple keyed records from a VSAM indexed file using its primary and alternate indices, then provide a matching write-up; completion means both course materials are present and consistent.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- content, documentation
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100