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MainFrame Interview Questions

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Mention the location where the output received from explain statement is stored.

1086

What are the uses of db2 optimizer?

1251

Comment whether dclgen is mandatorily used. If not, then what is the point of using it?

1029

Before you give the explain statement, what are the prerogatives?

991

What is the information associated with sysibm.syslinks table?

1083

Mention the way of highlighting as well as putting a cursor to use in a cobol program.

1038

What is the purpose of using commit?

1052

If the cursor is kept open followed the issuing of commit, what is the procedure to leave the cursor that way?

1107

What is meant by explain?

1083

Define db2.

1077

Highlight all the advantages that are attached to a package.

1091

What is release/acquire in bind?

1075

Mention some fields that are a part of sqlca.

993

Following a db2 update statement, what is the quickest way to compute the total number of updated rows?

1028

Explain the contents that are a part of dclgen.

1049

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

why ci and ca splits are not possible in esds and rrds?

1118

Explain acbgen process?

1053

What is the batch job?

944

What will happen if we drop the base register in the program which contains only one basereg?

950

Define an asra abend?

1042

How do you access an uncatalogued dataset in a jcl?

1179

What is inspect?

974

how do you use exceptional write in c specs?

1843

explain in brief how you can create a vsam file?

1095

How does coalesce work?

978

What is load utility in db2?

1151

Is it possible to create an Instance in DB2 using DB2 Control Center ?

1070

how to pass the parameters from jcl to assembler pgm?

1068

What is the main function of key sequenced data set in vsam?

935

Explain how do you access storage outside your cics program?

933

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