A temporary storage queue called TSQ can be used in CICS programs to write records for internal reading purposes. CICS is a mainframe-based system used for designing programs interactively.
What is TSQ?
TSQ also called temporary storage queues. 3 top commands you need to know to work with TSQs. To add or update a record, you must use the WRITEQ TS command. To retrieve a record, you must use READQ TS command. And to delete a queue, you must use DELETEQ TS command.
The ‘TS’ after each command means that you are using temporary Storage queue
TSQ
Top Features of TSQ
- To write a record dynamically
- You can delete a queue
- You can read a queue
- In all the commands, QUEUE name is common
- Two popular errors are possible. QIDERR- when the queue is not present, you will get this error. ITEMERR- when item or record not present, then you will get this error
Advantages
- A large amount of external memory you can save with TSQs.
- You may Store DB2 table data in TSQ for later usage.
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