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How can a job send a status message to a tso user at the completion of a job?

1 2163

a dd statement has 2 types of parameters. Name them?

1135

What parameter directs the output of the job log dataset?

1280

What is the function of dd name parameter with a 2 part structure; audit.report?

1242

How can return codes be tested before execution of a job step?

1482

Can an individual step be restricted from using all the jobs allowed cpu time?

1555

When output dataset space is required, what quantity categories are used?

1364

What parameter of the job statement is used to limit the cpu time consumed by the job?

1278

How can an in-stream dataset be terminated?

1342

What is the purpose of the dd keylen parameter?

1219

What is the purpose of dd?

1238

What statement marks the end of an in-stream or catalogued procedure?

1 1976

What parameters can be used to limit the number of records written to a sysout dataset?

1 1838

How can the submitting users racf authority be overridden in a job stream?

1265

Differentiate cobol and cobol-ii. (Most of our programs are written in cobolii, so, it is good to know, how, this is different from cobol)?

1117

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

what does check opcode is used?

1785

What is a Foreign Key?

1095

What is an in line perform? When would you use it? Anything else you wish to say about it.

1076

How to compare two files in SYNCSORT and on the mismatch record should be deleted from second file.

5539

can you have multiple key lists for a single file ?

1698

What is db2 bind process?

1237

How jcl work to handle various input output file operations?

1168

What do you understand by the term job time – out and how can you overcome that?

1030

how many levels are there in a physical file?

1793

what are the different commands used in rlu ?

2410

What is database manager in db2?

1021

Explain the meaning of spufi?

1034

there are seven idcams commands in vsam. Can you name and explain each of them?

1110

Which commend used for terminating a browser operation?

1003

How to execute 2nd and 4th steps among 5 steps in jcl proc?

1320

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