VsamDetailAttributes
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The attributes of a VSAM type data set.
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- alternateKeys
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The alternate key definitions, if any. A legacy dataset might not have any alternate key defined, but if those alternate keys definitions exist, provide them as some applications will make use of them.
Type: Array of AlternateKey objects
Required: No
- cacheAtStartup
-
If set to True, enforces loading the data set into cache before it’s used by the application.
Type: Boolean
Required: No
- compressed
-
Indicates whether indexes for this dataset are stored as compressed values. If you have a large data set (typically > 100 Mb), consider setting this flag to True.
Type: Boolean
Required: No
- encoding
-
The character set used by the data set. Can be ASCII, EBCDIC, or unknown.
Type: String
Pattern:
\S{1,20}Required: No
- primaryKey
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The primary key of the data set.
Type: PrimaryKey object
Required: No
- recordFormat
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The record format of the data set.
Type: String
Pattern:
\S{1,20}Required: No
See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
