Editing Data Sets › Edit VSAM KSDS Files

Edit VSAM KSDS Files

In this example of a VSAM KSDS data set Edit session, the key is in position 11 for a length of 9. The key is highlighted and protected. There is a blank column before and after the key to make room for the attribute byte required to protect the key. The example shows the COLS line command.

Edit YOUR.KSDS                                              Columns 00001 00072 
COMMAND ===>                                                  SCROLL ===> CSR  
****** ****************************** Top of Data *****************************
=COLS> ----+----1 ----+---- 2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7
000001 AALJIM     000000001 TX1         0010000001000000010000000010000000001  
000002 BALJIM     000000002 TX1         0020000002000000020000000020000000002  
000003 DALJIM     000000008 TX1         0080000008000000080000000080000000008  
000004 DALJIM     000000009 TX1         0090000009000000090000000090000000009  
000005 DALJIM     000000010 TX1         0100000010000000100000000100000000010  
000006 EALJIM     000000011 TX1         0110000011000000110000000110000000011  
000007 EALJIM     000000013 TX1         0130000013000000130000000130000000013  
000008 EALJIM     000000015 TX1¬    ¬   0150000015000000150000000150000000015¬ 
000009 FALJIM     000000016 TX1?    ?   0160000016000000160000000160000000016? 
000010 GALJIM     000000022 TX1         0220000022000000220000000220000000022  
000011 GALJIM     000000023 TX1         0230000023000000230000000230000000023  
000012 GALJIM     000000023 TX1         0230000023000000230000000230000000023 
000013 GALJIM     000000024 TX1|    |   0240000024000000240000000240000000024|
000014 HALJIM     000000034 TX1|    |   0340000034000000340000000340000000034|
000015 HALJIM     000000036 TX1?    ?   0360000036000000360000000360000000036?
000016 IALJIM     000000037 TX1"    "   0370000037000000370000000370000000037"
000017 IALJIM     000000039 TX1         0390000039000000390000000390000000039