INF: "Key Not Found" Accessing VSAM KSDS on IBM OS/390

ID: Q191452

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft OLE DB Provider for AS/400 and VSAM, version 1.0 included with SNA Server version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

HRESULT 80004005, (Key not found.) is returned to a consumer program attempting to open a VSAM KSDS on an OS/390 mainframe.

RESOLUTION

To prevent this problem, be sure to define the entire VSAM record key in the Host Column Definition file (HCD). Naturally, this means that all the VSAM record fields that precede the key in the VSAM file record layout must also be defined in the HCD file.

Version           : WINDOWS:1.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: August 21, 1998