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How to fetch the last row from the table in SQL (db2)?

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Write a program to display prime numbers between 1 to 100 using RPGLE.

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if we have " ibm mainframe ",in that how to remove first and last leading space eg:"ibm mainframe" like that the answer we need

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How to remove the spaces at end of each record in the output file Via COBOL program? note: The file has a VB length ----TRY

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have in 100 records in a file i want to read first 3 records and skip next 3 records and agan i want to read 3 records and again i want to skip 3 records... run a loop from record one to 10 evaluate i/3 if comes even then skip else write to output file

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How to read records in reverse order in flat file?

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what modification we need to do in jcl if we use sort in cobol? I mean whether we need to include temporary file used for sorting in assign statement?

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what is the difference between perform varying and perform

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difference between internal sort and external sort

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i want to store 20 digits . how will u do it in cobol ?

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01 GROSS-PAY 05 BASIC-PAY PIC 9(5) 05 ALLOWENCES PIC 9(3) if BASIC-PAY has a value 1000 and ALLOWENCES has a value of 250,what will be displayed by the statement DISPLAY GROSS-PAY a.1250 b.01000250 c.01250 d.1.250

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WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. 01 GROSS-PAY. 05 BASIC-PAY PIC 9(5). 05 ALLOWENCES PIC 9(3). PROCEDURE DIVISION. MOVE 1000 TO BASIC-PAY. MOVE 250 TO ALLOWENCES. DISPLAY GROSS-PAY. STOP RUN. 77 W-A PIC 9(3)V99 VALUE 23.75 77 W-B PIC ZZ9V99 VLAUE 123.45 after the statement MOVE W-A TO W-B what will be W-B's value? a.123.75 b.b23.75 (where b indicates space) c.023.75 d.invalid move

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WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. 77 W-A PIC 9(3)V99 VALUE 23.75. 77 W-B PIC ZZ9V99 VALUE 123.45. PROCEDURE DIVISION. MOVE W-A TO W-B. DISPLAY W-B. STOP RUN. compiler : IGYGR1080-S A "VALUE" clause literal was not compatible with the data category o subject data item. The "VALUE" clause was discarded. WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. 77 W-A PIC 9(3)V99 VALUE 23.75. 77 W-B PIC ZZ9V99. PROCEDURE DIVISION. MOVE 123.45 TO W-B. MOVE W-A TO W-B. DISPLAY W-B. STOP RUN. 2375

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what if any ,is the syntax error in the following piece of code 01 B PIC A(7) 02 C PIC 9(4) ........ IF(B NUMERIC) ADD 10 TO C a.the condition in the if statement is wrong b.noting is wrong c.because C is initialised.ADD 10 TO C is wrong d.both B and C shoud have same size.

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01 GROUP-ITEM 05 AMOUNT-1 PIC 99V9 USAGE COMP VALUE 50 05 AMOUNT-2 PIC 9(4)V99 USAGE COMP MOVE ZERO TO GROUP-ITEM ADD 50 TO AMOUNT-1 what will be the content of AMOUNT-1? a.50 b.100 c.0 d.unpredictable

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Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

pls send the docs of any telecommunication mainframe project

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can any body give me any website for getting help on mainframe projectts in banking domain.

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any one have give AS400 study material? pls pass it to gopalsai789@gmail.com

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have 3 tables table1, table2 and table3 which contains employee information. table1 is master table, table2 contains emp details like emp no and so on, table 3 contains emp salary. so if any emp leave company between 25th - 30th of every month it has to get updated in tables. but it is not getting updated. What is the reason.

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How to convert a spool file to PDF file in AS400?

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The content of Physical file is as below: hfcftp wruquief SENDPASV 0 CDUP ASCII GET 01100901.CSV ramndk/ECP505.EC0110090 (REPLACE QUIT Thw above commands will get executed when we call STRTCPFTP from CL program.... Now if I want to use SFTP what can be the solution? plz reply in detail....Thank you for ny help... I m using RPG/ILERPG to download...

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List the type of locks and explain each of them.

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Are you comfortable in cobol or jcl?

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What is the latest version of ibm db2?

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If I want to execute Sftp commands(LS & GET) stored in Physical file from CL program automatically...Can u Plz tell me how can I do this?...How the script will look?? THANX FOR NY HELP...

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what u mean by csrloc and rtncsrloc in rpgIV in as/400.Give an eg? to do...give some coding...what is row no and column no ???..if possible...give a no of lines coding....please

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PLEASE SEND ME THE DOCUMENTS IF ANY ONE HAVE REGARDING THE IMPACT ANALYSYS,REVIEWS

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If anyone has IBM Certification Dumps pls forward to me & also let me know what are the Certification Codes that are available in DB2

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how can you specify no duplicate key?

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Is it rquired any server for Ibm framework? Give me list of Ibm framework & recent version IBm framework?

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