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IBM MainFrame Interview Questions

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What is lock contention?

1 5632

Assuming that a site's standard is that pgm name = plan name, what is the easiest way to find out which Will precompile of an DB2-COBOL program bomb, if DB2 is down?

1 4502

What is COPY PENDING status?

6 36979

What is IMAGECOPY ?

6 39677

What are the functions of Bind?

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2 8573

What is a cursor?

2 6547

When is the authorization check on DB2 objects done - at BIND time or run time?

1 13730

What happens to a tablespace when its recovery infromation has been removed and a full recovery is no longer possible?

2 5591

What can the Locate option of the Repair Utility accomplish?

2 5633

What is an access path?

3 6624

What is pagespace?

1 4423

On the create tablespace, what does the CLOSE parameter do?

1 5190

What is an alias and how does it differ from a synonym?

3 13166

What are the advantages of using a PACKAGE?

2 20893

What do you mean by NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT? When will you use it?

3 18926

Un-Answered Questions { IBM MainFrame }

How can we see the copy book length using file-aid?

955

Specify cics transaction initiation process?

1063

How would the varchar column remarks defined?

1086

what is use of dcb parameter in dd statement?

1297

i want to learn mainframe..any websites and material to learn from basic..? my mail id : rajeswaribe2010@gmail.com

2219

Explain about area currency?

845

is it compulsory commitment control in journal?

2474

suppose I have 1000 rows in a db2 table. I want to update first 100 records, how do I do it?

1115

by using cond parameter maximum 8 cond can be coded in single cond means ?explain

1455

What information does a dbd contain?

1023

How do we pass parameters into a CICS –DB2 program

4154

How can deadlocks be resolved?

930

define the field with ic in the bms map.

1121

How may sets be ordered?

888

How do I create a view in db2?

1018

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