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Questions Answers Views Company eMail

How to createing new version of GDG with out loosing the data in preaves GDG version?

Patni, Satyam,

7 19903

hi guys what r the diff types of procs in jcl? bye ramya

ACS, Keane India Ltd,

4 9882

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 'COLHDG' AND 'ALIAS'?

Accenture,

5 20718

WHAT IS ACTIVATION GROUP IN ILE?

Accenture, HSBC, TCS,

10 57410

what is meant by online job and batch job?

TCS,

4 11535

is it possible to rename 01 level?

4 10810

in how many mode we can open a file ?

4 8695

what is the purpose of linkage section?

10 19846

what is the difference between start and startbr?

2 12237

hi provide info about any real time requirement in health care services mainframe applications bye ramya

ACS,

2 4593

I just want to ask why does the variable I passed in a dclgen of sql that has a data type of varchar which has a maximum length is 250 is truncated,, Here is the code.. DCLGEN of rsauud01 table 01 dataarea 43 data-area-len pic s9(4). 43 data-area-text pic x(250). MYVARIABLE. 01 DATAAREA1 pic x(250). move 250 to data-area-len of dataarea of rsauud01 MOVE DATA-AREA1 TO data-area-text of dataarea of rsauud01 --- but it is always trucated everytime I insert it in the table by the way it is a cobol-cics program

2 5531

how many variables can we declare in cl pgm?

13 22135

When CISZ is declared as 4096 at cluster level,is this true that data will have 4096 and index will have default?????

Wipro,

1 14936

what r the types of perform statement

4 31195

In a program, variables are used but no DB2 involved in it. Can you call it as host variables??

EDS,

4 8409

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

What is a query can be displayed without saving it?

1102

What is a collection in db2?

1049

How can a fb file convert to vb file using sort program?

1351

mention the option used in the cics read command to gain accessibility directly to the file i/o area. (Assume cobol-ii).?

1114

what are the types of abends that occur on job failure? And explain the possible causes of these

1637

Explain what happens when you issue a escape routine in a program? Will there be any compilation /run time erro?

988

Explain how do you delete item 3 in a five-item tsq?

938

Explain about find and obtain commands?

925

what is the syntax for plist?

1132

Which command can you use to check for the number of records in a physical file?

1326

What is the maximum number of levels allowed in ims db?

1003

What is the use of the eibaid field?

1159

Can you explain communication area?

1051

Explain ims software environment?

995

What information does a psb contain?

1124

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