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What will happen if we r using seton lr after return or vice versa.

5 20879

I had ruestion in one of the interview..... If 1 file has more than 1 member and i want to use the 2nd member in the RPG pgm (in RPG400),how can I use this.... I know the possible answers i.e. useing API 'QCMDEXE' or Before calling the pgm I can use OVRDBF for that member... but I dont' want to use both the tips in above scenarion. Does any body tell me how can i use this ....?

Mind Tree,

13 21485

One of the job in subsystem is in Running status,expected time to complete this job is 2 minutes. But from last 5 -10 minutes this job is still in running status....What are the possible reasons...and What are the actions i need to perform to check this...?

4 9058

Can anybody tell me in which scenario we have to use SQLRPG .(Embeded SQL)....?

HSBC,

2 9630

What will be the value of STRING after line 0106 is executed in the code below? 0101 E* Fromfiletofile..tabnameprnentlenpdatabnamlenpda 0102 E ARR 8 1 0103 ISTRING DS 0104 I 1 8 ARR 0105 C MOVE *BLANK STRING 0106 C MOVEA'ABC' ARR A) 'AAAAAAAA' B) 'BBBBBBBB' C) 'CCCCCCCC' D) 'ABC ' E) ' ABC'

2 5323

can we perform CHAIN operation on Subfile record format....?

4 20213

Can we trigger an rpg program which has user interaction with display file when updating a file using the command ADDPFTRG?

2 9283

Can we have a Physical file without any member ? Please let me know

12 20999

what is use of sflnxtchg and use of MDT(modify data tag).both r same r not and can we use these on dspf and subfile.

2 23883

How to insert more than one record to a pf at a time?(Bulk insert to a pf)

9 21865

Can anybody know what is Pick/Basic? Is it a programming language? can it be used in AS400 machine?

2 8720

i have 1000 records in pf.what are all the ways to read a particular name records in rpg?? ie.. in pf i have a name called demo appeared around 52 times hw will we read this particular records in rpg/400?.

IBM,

11 20955

how to see number of logical files depending on a pf?...can we declare more than 20 logical files from a single pf? is it possible

ocbc,

4 9922

Define interactive jobs and batch jobs

6 14740

pls anyone explain about compile time array,pre run time array run time array

4 17512

Un-Answered Questions { IBM AS400 }

Define sort?

1186

How to find the list of source physical files in a library?

1119

What Is The Object Type Of Pf, Lf, Printer File & Display File?

1162

How to retrieve a physical file after deleting that?

1116

How can we arrange duplicate records in a file?

1087

Explain the difference between search and searchall?

869

Interviewer asked me write down DDS for load all subfile .can anybody write dds

1729

what is a physical file?

1807

can you explain the difference between spacea,spaceb,skipa and skipb. I'm new to learning about as400 and printer files. can any one give me an example using source code showing the difference that occurs between using these 4 keywords. A-Physical file PF004 source UNIQUE R RR STUNAM 10 ROLLNU 5 0 MARKS 3 0 SEX 6 K ROLLNU 4 records present in PF004 are STUNAM ROLLNU MARKS SEX KAVYA 12,344 55 FEMALE MADHAVAN 14,579 60 MALE RAMYA 14,785 70 FEMALE KRISHNAN 14,988 72 MALE B-Printer File PRINT1 source A R HEADER A 10 3'STUNAM' A 10 20'ROLLNU' A 10 30'MARKS' A 10 40'SEX' A R DETAIL A SPACEB(1) A STUNAM 10 3 A ROLLNU 5 0 20 A MARKS 3 0 30 A SEX 6 40 A R FOOTER A SPACEB(1) A 20'END OF REPORT' C-RPG/400 Program PRTTPG source FPF004 I F E DISK FPRINT1 O E PRINTER C WRITE HEADER C READ PF004 60 C *IN60 DOWEQ *OFF C WRITE DETAIL C READ PF004 60 C ENDDO C WRITE FOOTER C SETON LR D-spooled file result set Display Spooled File File . . . . . : PRINT1 Page/Line 1/10 Control . . . . . Columns 1 - 130 Find . . . . . . *...+....1....+....2....+....3....+....4....+....5....+.... 6....+....7....+....8....+....9....+....0....+....1....+.... 2....+....3 STUNAM ROLLNU MARKS SEX KAVYA 12344 055 FEMALE MADHAVAN 14579 060 MALE RAMYA 14785 070 FEMALE KRISHNAN 14988 072 MALE END OF REPORT Bottom F3=Exit F12=Cancel F19=Left F20=Right F24=More keys I have changed from SPACEB to SPACEA now in my printer file source E-Changed PRINT1 Source A R HEADER A 10 3'STUNAM' A 10 20'ROLLNU' A 10 30'MARKS' A 10 40'SEX' A R DETAIL A SPACEA(1) A STUNAM 10 3 A ROLLNU 5 0 20 A MARKS 3 0 30 A SEX 6 40 A R FOOTER A SPACEA(1) A 20'END OF REPORT' F-Spooled file Result Set after keyword change Display Spooled File File . . . . . : PRINT1 Page/Line 1/10 Control . . . . . Columns 1 - 130 Find . . . . . . *...+....1....+....2....+....3....+....4....+....5....+.... 6....+....7....+....8....+....9....+....0....+....1....+.... 2....+....3 KAVYAM 12344U 055KS FEMALE MADHAVAN 14579 060 MALE RAMYA 14785 070 FEMALE KRISHNAN 14988 072 MALE END OF REPORT Bottom F3=Exit F12=Cancel F19=Left F20=Right F24=More keys Overprinting not displayed.

11229

What is program status data structure(psds) in as400?

1085

what are the different methods to access seu?

1101

Why we sometimes use same file name in file and tofile in ovrdbf and sometimes different?

1134

Using %check we are checking monika in mona what is output? What is %SCAN?

1674

Explain the input procedure?

946

Difference Between Skip Before & Space Before?

1226

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