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MainFrame Interview Questions

Questions Answers Views Company eMail

what is quasi-reentrant program?

5 24969

How to display string in the reverse order using occurs clause?

4 13868

i have a jcl in which 4 & 5 step creates a new generation. 4th step output is as input for the 6th step & 5th step output is used as input in the 7th step. How they are refered as in the 6th & 7th steps? If the job abends in 6th step then how the 5th step output is refered in 7th step?

IBM,

2 7941

IBM,

1 6577

IBM,

6 12443

How to solved 818 error

Keane India Ltd, Wipro,

4 14933

.How to add one input & one Out file in existing cobol program. how approach tell me step by step.

Syntel,

2 14905

What is mean by maxcc

Syntel,

7 52112

what is commit & rollback? When and where is used while compiling a cobol-db2 program?

2 23082

shall we concordinate two different length dataset in to a new date set.

6 13362

I have to write to a outfile where the number of records in that file should be the header of that file using IMS.. can anyone help me in this issue

IBM,

2616

Can anyone say full transaction process? i mean when user press enter key after that what happens from there to till end of transaction

3 7560

What is the Linkage section? What is the Use and Why the parm length use alway "PARM-LENGTH PIC S9(4) or PIC S9 (4) COMP." any reason?.Please let me know any one... Cheers,Prasad

Syntel,

8 37190

How can we find out wether to declare the data items like Integer, Char,Comp? If comp types how can we decide wether it is Comp and Comp3.How it is? Please Explain... Cheers.

Syntel,

1 6597

Write a program to concert an Indexed file into Sequential file?

Covansys,

1 6049

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

Name the 3 common ways to create maps?

1205

writing an sql statement from selecting records from two files using single statement and nested select statement.

1258

What is a ci split?

1030

can we describe the results of opening for input empty vsam files in a cobol program?

1067

Give the name of some fields form sqlca.

1154

Define transient data?

1096

What are the common vsam error conditions and codes?

1130

which are control break logic indicators?

1170

I have a COBOL program that ACCEPTs some input data. How do you code the JCL statement for this?

1272

How can we override a file during runtime in rpg?

1262

which are the member types which seu supports?

1415

here is my requirement A1 is alphanumeric with value 'A1B2C3D4' as defined below 05 A1 PIC X(8) VALUE IS 'A1B2C3D4' but i need to have A2,A3 as ABCD & 1234 repectively...... A2 = ABCD A3 = 1234 Can you please explain me what are the different ways to do it?

8047

What does EIB mean in CICS?

1240

what is the meaning of dynamic processing in vsam?

1117

What is eib?

1252

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