Rexx does have several versions of VSAM support, though none from IBM. Quoting from the website of the late Gilbert St. Fleur (http://gsf-soft.com/Documents/TSOVSAM.html):
Several RXVSAM programs are available, all of them are free: 1.Written and supported by Mark Winges, in file 268 of the CBT Tape. (http://cbttape.org/ftp/cbt/CBT268.zip) 2.Written and supported by Steven Scott, found here. (http://sourceforge.net/projects/rxvsam/) 3.There is a read-only VSAM function package, also called RXVSAM, in the VSAM section of the Xephon archives. (http://www.xephon.com/archives/a012a01.txt) 4. The EXECIOVS program, found on the HiLMAs web site, provides an EXECIO-like interface to VSAM data sets in REXX. HTH Peter -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Crayford Sent: Friday, May 11, 2018 10:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Heretic alert: I really detest TSO REXX (the language) EXTERNAL EMAIL On 12/05/2018 6:23 AM, Tony Thigpen wrote: > Come comments on other posts: > > David Crayford wrote on 05/11/2018 02:22 PM: > > The fact that REXX does not have native support for VSAM > > data sets is a shocking omission. > This is available on s/VSE. > z/VM and z/VSE seem to have lots of features that z/OS lacks, like pipes. <Snipped> -- This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
