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COBOL Interview Questions

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I have 100 records in a file.. i want to sort the records from 5 to 5o... give the syntax...

CTS, DSRC,

2 9212

A s9(4). B v9(4) value 0.21 can i move this?

3 6451

how to refer the data field?

2324

why mainframe we use not like java as frontend oracle as backend. or not word excel.In there also huge ammount data stored.

TCS,

2 6407

what are decleratives in cobol?

GGG, Satyam,

2311

1.give the details about WHEN OTHER. 2. how many form are available in evaluate.

IBM,

2168

in the TIME parameter we r giving hours r minutes

IBM,

4 7435

in a indexed file what is procedure for read the records from 12 to 18. please give the code example

L&T,

2 7938

what are the utilities for load and unload the DB2 tables

L&T,

1 10086

IDENTIFICATION DIVISION. PROGRAM-ID. MOVEPGM. DATA DIVISION. WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. 01 WS-I PIC 9(2). PROCEDURE DIVISION. A1000-MAIN-PARA. PERFORM PARA-X WITH TEST BEFORE UNTIL WS-I= 5 STOP RUN. PARA-X. DISPLAY "BEST2". I m getting error s722,while executing the program, seems getting in loop, can anybody tell me why

3 6002

How to increase the logical record length of existing PS file?

7 34909

Can anybody give me example of subscript and index

5 9826

what will happen if pass values more than 100 using PARM parameter?

1 9455

How to define a array dynamically.....

Fidelity,

5 10390

WHY LRECL NEEDS TO BE 4 EXTRA THEN THE COBOL FILE LENGTH & WHAT IT CONTAIN IN THAT LENGTH

Cap Gemini,

2 25541

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Is it possible that the redefines clause has different picture clauses compared to the one it redefined?

1214

What is the Purpose of POINTER Phrase in STRING command in COBOL?

1302

What is the difference between PIC 9.99 and 9v99 in COBOL?

1406

what is search and searchall?what is the diffrence between them?give an best example?

6934

Explain sorting techniques in cobol program? Provide the sort file definition, the sort statement, its syntax and meaning

1149

Write down the divisions of cobol program?

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1.Is it possible to move the data from 99.99 to 99v99? 2.What is the CICS-vsam Compilation process? 3.In My GDG 5 generation will be there GDG3 got an abend what will happen? 4.In my GDG first generation is +1 And I want to add the new generation what will happen previous generation? 5.How can you give the PIC clause below conditions A). s9 (reddy), B). s9 (5) occurs 5 times? 6.How override the proc from a particular step? and what is symbolic and override Procs?

5878

There are 5 fields and 1000 records in a file. Unload it into an array. Write the syntax for declaration and how will you unload it.

1501

What is rmode(24)

1199

How to get the last record in vsam file in cluster? And how can you get the kids file records into your cobol program?

1270

What are the pertinent COBOL commands?

3242

Explain how will you differentiate between an internal and an external sort, the pros and cons, internal sort syntax etc

1311

What is amode(31)

1223

Define cobol?

1484

what is amode(24), amode(31), rmode(24) and rmode(any)?

1200

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