WAVV Requirement Form

 

Date: 6/11/2005                                             Requirement #:  WAVV200601

Product Name:    VSE/VSAM   Product Release# (or state “current”): current

Vendor Name:     IBM

 

Title: (Paraphrase problem in a single statement)AIX Duplicate Key Feedback

Detailed Problem Description: (Description of what you want changed - 400 character entry limit)

 

Currently, VSAM feedback for a duplicate key does not provide differentiation between the primary key being duplicate and an alternate key being duplicate.  It would be beneficial, particularly when inserting a record into a file, to know if failure is the primary key or an alternate key.  Alternate key duplication can frequently be mitigated at the application level.

                                                                                            

Priority: (Select one: Urgent - High - Medium - Low) medium

Requested Completion Date: (When? Examples: 3 months, 1 year, Next Release) next release

Requirement Type: (Select one: Acceptability - Compatibility/Migration - Ease of Use - Feature/Function - Performance - Reliability/Availability/Serviceability - Packaging - Interoperability)

Ease of Use

Business Justification: (Why? Non-technical business case description. Do not reword Detailed Problem Description from above. What are the benefits to be gained by your company, and the vendor and others?  Quantify: run time, dollars, manpower, etc.   Why should the vendor do this for the customer?)

 

This would simplify insertion logic in many programs and frequently avoid a preliminary read only to detect duplicate primary keys.  Although there is a circumvention (defining the AIX with NONUNIQUEKEY but with a record size only permitting a single key) it's a bit confusing to explain and to implement properly.

Solution: (Optional)(Desired/undesired elements Note: Making a suggestion may limit a vendors ability to deliver a solution)

 

     

Impact: (Optional) (How will your company’s business be affected if a solution is not delivered?)

 

     

 

Company Name:                                                                          

Author Name:            Kevin Corkery                         Author Title: Systems Consultant

Author Address:        64 Acadia Drive,  Voorhees, NJ  08043

Author E-mail:           kcorkery@comcast.net

Telephone:                 (856) 424-5185