IBM MainFrame Interview Questions, Answers for Freshers and Experienced asked in various Company Job Interviews

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IBM MainFrame Interview Questions

Questions Answers Views Company eMail

What is the difference between various read and find statement,and which one should be used when for better adabas performance ?

IBM,

2 6744

What is the difference between working storage copybook and linkage section copybook?

TCS,

5 18543

What is meant by pseudo-conversation?

Accenture,

1 9663

is it possible to create TDQ's and TSQ's dynamically,How

1 8079

can we write paragraph in area B .....

L&T,

4 8850

how to run sub programs using static and dynamic call ...

TCS,

3 8034

i want to code a rexx program in order to get the inputfile and output files of jcl. i want code snippet or the coding for this , please

1 10913

HOW WE WILL SORT THE ARRAY WHICH IS GOING TO USE FOR SEARCH ALL?

Cap Gemini,

2 8801

WE HAVE 2 FILES IN COBOL. ONE IS FIXED LENGTH RECORDS ANOTHER ONE IS VARIABLE LENGTH. IF I DECLEAR LRECL OF FIXED ONE AS 80 AND 2ND RECORD AS 132. WHAT WE NEED TO DECLEAR LRECL FOR THOSE 2 FILES IN JCL?

iGate,

4 10101

i have a requrement in A as viswa!@#$%&^**reddy i need to move viswareddy in B without junk values pls say how to do ths reply fast

L&T,

4 9583

i have a jcl containing header body and trailer .in header i have viswa body 2 6 1 9 7 trailer reddy .now i need to sort only body in either asecending or descending order how can i do it

L&T,

1 15090

what is the use of filler in cobol programing?

MAT,

4 39455

in a series of 10 steps, i need to run only 1,3,5,7 & 9th steps only. how do u code?

ADP,

5 10452

what modification we need to do in jcl if we use sort in cobol? I mean whether we need to include tempary file used for sorting in assign statement?

TCS,

3 8198

Why we will create load module in PDS only, Why nt in PS?

TCS,

2 8455

Un-Answered Questions { IBM MainFrame }

What is db2 bind?

1133

How To Compile The COBOL-BD2-CI CS Programs In Real TIme? Please Give Me the Detailed Description?

6871

What are the rules of the move verb?

1327

In case if at some point of time db2 is down, would that impact the pre-compilation process of a db2-cobol program?

1101

explain how can you initialize a vsam file before any operation?

1158

How can we read records for specific member in CL? AND rpg?

766

Explain the usage of language in the ppt entry?

1054

What is null indicator in cobol db2?

1119

What is the purpose of disp parameter?

1185

What is a plan and package in db2?

1169

Would you specify freespace ce for an esds?

1143

What is the importance of common attribute?

1150

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

1148

What does a ROLLBACK do?

1597

what happens if parmparameter passes zero bytes to the program

2192

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