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I have to change a program. This program is calling a subroutine mor than 100times within it. so will it have any performance issue? if yes than what changes i can make. Thanx for ur valuable answer.

2 6499

When a object will be locked & when a record will be locked? Plz explain.

2 8200

Some times While checking MSGW for object / member / record locks ,I have seen it's locked by itself ...? How it happen and what action we need to perform if job is updating / writing a record....?

HSBC,

6 15351

Q1.How to read the Array? Q2.How to copy the content of one Array to another Array?

IBM,

4 13043

Q1.How we can copy the data of file one session to another session? Q2.how we can execute a loop infinitely in AS/400 coding? Q3.In ALDON tool,multitask is posible on a perticular object by the user?

CSC,

6 13442

Hi friends, I am using a load all subfile , and currently i am in in the third page of the subfile , from third page i have selected a record and called some other program .on returning, subfile is being loaded from the frist page. so can any one kindly suggest me in retaining my third page after returning. i.e loading from third page.

7 14898

1.What is the Maximum field length we can declare in RLU?? 2. What is the difference if your designing RLU using DDS and using the option 19 for the RLU??

2 9199

I have 1 rd in my flat file. say reord from 1 to 10 position : 'AS400NDB2400' I need to change the value from N to Y using SQL stmt ...How can I update this....?

5 9675

As Packed veriable store 2 digits in 1 byte and ZONE variable store 1 digit in 1 byte... Please tell me when we have to use Packed and Zone variable...?

1 6499

how can an indexed file be used as arrival sequence in RPG?

IBM,

3 9712

give an eg of ACQ-(ACQUIRE),BIT OFF,BIT ON,DEALLOC,DUMP,FEOD,FORCE,MHHZO,MHLZO,MHLLZO,MLHZO,REL,RESET,TESTZ,TESTB,TESTN----GIVE SMALL EXAMPLE TO THE OPCODES...TO UNDERSTAND FUNCTIONING...........

CTS,

3833

There are six records in a file and we are going to update that records and used commit operation when it complete the update but suppose when it updating the third record,a error occured and operation failed.Is previously two records will be update or whole operation will be rollback? Please confirm it.

2 7381

How many max. Record format a logical file have?

Systime,

13 25652

What is the Record Address file. How can we use it in RPG program?

4 11320

why icetool be used in programmer view?

2577

Un-Answered Questions { IBM AS400 }

Difference between NOPASS & OMIT?

1853

can we define multi-dimensional arrays in rpg ?

1653

how can you specify no duplicate key?

1150

is it possible, in the same cgi, to run more than one gethtml or gethtmlifs?

1072

can we use ASCII ,CDUP,SENDPASV commands in SFTP?

3664

what is overlay?

1134

Explain how to convert 2010/02/11 to m/dd/yyy.. With string and without string if any other method... Code?

1150

How to convert a spool file to PDF file in AS400?

1247

What Is Default Data Type (if You Define Decimals '0') In Physical File?

1856

can a single screen format occupy a screen area above and below a subfile format ?

1677

Apart from opening of a file do we have any other use of USROPN?

1388

what is the maximum number of files allowed in rpg?

1640

why is as/400 called object oriented machine?

1696

is there any way to dynamically merge other html scripts into a given html?

1075

what is the difference between normal upddta to pf and updating using dfu program?

1340

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