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I want to set position for a particular text in a certain position in several of my cics maps.Please provide me with a solution. Ex: If "F1-Help" has to be set to pos(4,27) always in all the maps within a PDS.

2328

How do u find the programs calling the given module, without having doing 3.13 on loadlib/source library?

2 7277

How to resolve -805 error in DB2?

Cap Gemini,

1 36232

How to resolve -803 sql code in DB2?

Cap Gemini,

3 44421

How to resolve -818 sql code in DB2?

Cap Gemini,

2 24481

How to resolve -502 sql code in DB2?

Cap Gemini,

2 25363

How to resolve -917 sql code in DB2?

Cap Gemini,

3 17075

How to resolve -407 sql code in DB2?

Cap Gemini,

9 31672

How to resolve -504 sql code in DB2?

Cap Gemini,

2 18970

This question regarding Checkpoint. Suppose my program has checkpoint for every 100 records. If my program abends at 120 records, what will happen. I know first 100 records are committed and rest of 20 records where they gone and where they are stored.

IBM, John Deere,

1 9969

how can we pass parameters from JCL to cobol subprogram...my requirement is i should not get data from mainprogram but i need it from JCL directly

IBM, TCS,

5 24334

How to get the last but one duplicate record of the file using Sort?

Fidelity,

2 11073

How to find the number of duplicates in a file using Sort?

Fidelity,

4 27112

can anybody help me to solve this problem. the program that i m checking display error message saying "Record format for file AJDSPFFD does not match model file and decimal error. how to solve this problem. The AJDSPFFD is snapshot the AJTLOG that is the audit trail list.

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what is the COND=EVEN ? Can anyone give me an example to explain the usage.

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Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

1. What is bound-by-call and bound-by-reference? 2. Where and why is *Nomain used? 3. What are the difficulties faced by programmers when using service programs? 4. Explain the different ways of parsing and compiling XML in iSeries.

6525

Explain this error: "all record formats for externally-described file abcd ignored or dropped due to error; file ignored."?

1359

What is a db2 package?

1075

Write about a ‘view’ in brief?

983

Can you define bms?

1059

What are different data types in cobol?

1333

Using alternate indexes in batch program?

1131

What is the term bms in cics?

1234

What is eib?

1182

Hello, I have created a CMD type object. In one of the fields in Display file , I would like to see All the Source files present by pass the name of Library. Tried using CHoice(Keyword) and Choicepgm on PARM , but doesn't seems to be working. Any help please..

2301

What is the maximum size of varchar data type in db2?

1144

why icetool be used in programmer view?

2588

What are the two ways in which dl/i interface can be invoked?

957

What is the difference between general testing and mainframe testing?

1129

name the utility program closely associated with vsam?

1069

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