In vsam , a collection of items used to sequence and locate one or more data records in a base cluster . each alternate index record contains an alternate key value and one or more pointers . when the alternate index supports a key sequenced data set , each data record ' s prime key value is the pointer . when the alternate index supports an entry sequenced data set , the data record ' s rba value is the pointer 在虛擬存儲存取方法( vsam )中,用于定序和定位基簇中的一個或多個數據記錄的項的匯集.每個備用索引記錄包含一個備用關鍵字的值和一個或多個指針.當該備用索引支持某個關鍵字順序數據集時,每個數據記錄的主關鍵字值就是這種指針.當該備用索引支持某個輸入順序數據集時,該數據記錄的rba (相對字節(jié)地址)值就是這種指針
An Entry Sequenced Data Set (ESDS) is a type of data set used by the VSAM computer data storage system. Records are accessed based on their sequential order, that is, the order in which they were written to the file; which means that accessing a particular record involves searching all the records sequentially until it is located, or by using a relative physical address (Relative byte address, RBA), i.