MainFrame Interview Questions, Answers for Freshers and Experienced asked in various Company Job Interviews

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MainFrame Interview Questions

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if someone is using my file,how can i find which user id is using?

4 8734

I am having one step in my jcl.in that step,i am calling one proc.In that proc,i have 10 steps.i want to call a particular step in that proc without writing any new jcl ike iebedit utility...

Satyam,

2 8171

How to use COND Parameter in jcl

NIIT, Wipro,

4 11464

what are the different types of keys in AS400

HSBC,

2 12275

what is commitment control?explain about it?

HSBC,

1 7638

In RPG program one file using as a PRIMARY file while running program some of the records reading twice any body know why its happening

2 8622

PLAN IS EXECUTABLE AND PACKAGE IS NOT EXECUTABLE . THEN WHAT IS THE USE OF PACKAGE?

Tech Mahindra, Wipro,

2 16133

WHAT IS MEANT BY COMMIT COMMAND?

Wipro,

7 11447

HOW CAN YOU VIEW LAST 10 DATASETS CREATED BY YOU?

2 5463

why we sometimes use same file name in FILE and TOFILE in OVRDBF and sometimes different??please tell

3 9940

a input file contains 1000 records, how to move the first 500 record into one out put file and how to move to second 500 records to anothere output file

ITC Infotech,

6 32256

A. Job Abended in STEP03. Now run job again to execute STEP03, STEP04 (STEP01,STEP02 should not execute again)

Cap Gemini, CSC, Xchanging,

3 9727

Can anyone explain me CALL procedure in COBOL.Does it carries similarities like call by reference in C.

1 3475

What are the commands that can be executed in CLP but not in RPG? Why?

CSC,

1 8117

i need the code for this program in cobol. 2 + 1 = 3 4+3=7 6+5=11 8+7=15 10+9=19

2 6700

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

How to Save a Query?

1593

) How do u handle errors in BMS macro?

1973

Explain a linkage segment

1060

What is iseries database?

1050

What is condition checking in jcl? Is this possible?

1116

how do you reference the esds vsam file formats from cobol programs

1216

what sorting order does search all have?

1015

What are the different types of condition in cobol and write their forms.

1115

Using %check we are checking monika in mona what is output? What is %SCAN?

1674

OPEN INPUT StudentFile READ StudentFile AT END SET EndOfStudentFile TO TRUE END-READ PERFORM UNTIL EndOfStudentFile DISPLAY StudentId SPACE StudentName SPACE CourseCode SPACE YOBirth READ StudentFile AT END SET EndOfStudentFile TO TRUE END-READ END-PERFORM CLOSE StudentFile STOP RUN what will be output

2512

Explain in DD statement what is the use of DCB parameter?

1142

Mainframes gets a text file that contains the name of the file. Now using JCL i want to locate that file name in the mainframe system and perform further processing. Please tell how to proceed

2564

can a single screen format occupy a screen area above and below a subfile format ?

1680

if we tried to move year part of *iso date into a field of length 3, what will happen ?

1297

what is the sqlcode -501

13161

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