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Explain the difference between getting the system time with eibtime and asktime command?

1046

What is the pic clause for the data type of length option field type of data fields?

899

What is the common work area?

933

Define communication area?

938

Define exec cics retrieve?

1122

Explain the difference between and exec cics xctl and exec cics start command?

1080

What are the common tables in cics and their usage?

958

Explain the function of the terminal control table?

953

Name the three ways available for a program to position the cursor on the screen?

1021

What is cics load command?

994

How can you access esds files from cics?

1042

Explain the difference between physical map and symbolic map?

944

What are the cics commands associated with task control?

952

Tsqs can be written in the main storage or auxiliary storage? State true or false

1 1506

What is a cics task?

1011

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

How to create a link between multiple maps in a mapset?

Explain difference between read(1) and read work file once?

908

What is null in db2?

958

How do I import data from excel to db2?

1023

is there any way to execute more than one proc in the same exec statement at the same time..?

2587

Define an asra?

972

What is a bind in idms?

829

What is the function of dbctl?

1071

We can use PASS with permanent datasets also. THEN Which is the condition in which we may use PASS (instead of KEEP) with permanent data sets, while there is no need to specify UNIT and VOL for them like temporary data sets (in cas we use KEEP for permanent data sets) ?

2185

Can we insert update delete in view?

918

Define a page in idms?

789

What is ENQ?

1013

What is data manager?

1002

describe the difference between the dowxx and douxx operations?

2039

What is check constraint. Explain with example.

1051

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