Hi,
The open data path is the "access route" used by programs to access data from files, normally you will come across this when using OPNQRYF - your program must access the same open data path that has been created by the OPNQRYF command.
Regards,
Martin Gilbert.
Last Wiki Answer Submitted: August 6, 2008 10:00 am by Gilly40023,625 pts.
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It provides a way for which more than one program in the same job to share same file status information, file pointer positions and storage area.It increase performance, reduce amount of main storage, reduce number of file open or close. We can share the ODP in CRTPF and OVRDBF commands.
It provides a way for which more than one program in the same job to share same file status information, file pointer positions and storage area.It increase performance, reduce amount of main storage, reduce number of file open or close. We can share the ODP in CRTPF and OVRDBF commands.