VSAM for the COBOL Programmer [Paperback]

Doug Lowe (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0911625453 | ISBN-13: 978-0911625455 | Publication Date: January 1989 | Edition: 2nd

This book teaches you all you need to know to handle VSAM files in your COBOL programs. To make learning easier, this book contains dozens of examples of COBOL programs, JCL listings, and AMS job listings. So you'll see how the various language elements interrelate. And you'll have plenty of practical models to use when you're working with VSAM on your own.

Editorial Reviews

Review

VSAM for the COBOL Programmer is an essential reference for anyone with a need to process VSAM files in their programs. VSAM for the COBOL Programmer includes the COBOL elements for handling key-sequenced, entry-sequenced, and relative record VSAM files; error handling routines for VSAM files and why (and how) to code them; the program-development functions of the VSAM utility, Access Method Services; VSE and MVS JCL for programs that process VSAM files, alternate indexing, and VS COBOL II considerations. Written clearly, comprehensively, and systematically, VSAM for the COBOL Programmer is an excellent addition to any COBOL programmer's collection. -- Midwest Book Review

About the Author

Doug Lowe

Product Details

• Paperback: 187 pages
• Publisher: Mike Murach & Associates; 2nd edition (January 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0911625453
• ISBN-13: 978-0911625455
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,058,073 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Doug Lowe is a veteran author of more than 40 For Dummies books with more than a million copies in print. He's covered everything from productivity software to programming.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A truly useful primer for the beginning VSAM programmer., August 23, 1998

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Wesley Smith ([e-mail]) (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) - See all my reviews

This review is from: VSAM for the COBOL Programmer (Paperback)

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.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Still some of the best tech material out there, November 5, 2006

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Robert S. Ballentine "Bob Ballentine" (Dallas, Tx) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: VSAM for the COBOL Programmer (Paperback)

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.