IBM AS400 Interview Questions
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Suppose I have 3 jobs a b and c. I want to submit b after successful completion of a and want to submit c after successful completion of b. Without using job scheduler or job queue, how can I do that through cl program?

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We have job which is running as batch. It takes atleast 06 hours to complete tht job. But I wanna do tht job with in 3 hours?

1008

If my rpg program has a date field, what extra care I have to take while compiling that rpg program? If the file is keyed and I have declared the file as well as key list properly in my program. Still am getting an error message like "chain/reade operation is not allowed" what may be the case?

823

What are the types of identifiers?

752

How can we override a file during runtime in rpg?

905

What is ment by record level identifier?

848

What is difference between bind by copy and bind by reference?

2089

Assume my file has 100 records and I want to see only first 10 records. Is this possible through lf?

1 1666

Suppose my file has 10 fields and I want to make the 2nd field zeros in all records. And assume I have millions of records and I dont want to read each record and update the desired field with 0. Any other way to do this in one step operation?

1 2041

What is file identifier where we can use?

832

Explain mdt?

855

What is open data path?

742

What is the primary file?

789

What is the use of member in pf?

749

Last statement of any rpg program is lr?

813


Un-Answered Questions { IBM AS400 }

What is the actual use of fillers?

697


is their a difference in cobol400 for the release 5.2 and 6.1 at the as400.

2298


what are the different types of data areas?

1284


what does the ovrdbf command do?

847


which are control break logic indicators?

844


what is the purpose of indicators in rpg?

1386


Write a logic program for knowing the repeated number of a vowels in a given program?

3508


What is the syntax of sort?

693


Difference Between Source Physical File & Physical File?

856


how do handle file exception/error?

847


how can I control the way a remote browser uses its cache?

796


Hi,Can any body give the code for the below mentioned quetion.?Im trying to get coding in with easily inderstanding.Plese give me the coding for this? 1.How would you achieve this requirement with out using RPG/RPGLE pgm,but by using only CL?Read a database file and display file contents on the screen when enter key pressed the next record should be displayed on screen.When the last record is reached or when F3 key is pressed the program should exit if the file is empty,a message should be displayed indicate that there are no records to display. Database file Name=EMPDBF Fields in EMPDBF to be displayed on screen Employee Number- EMPNUM(5,0) Employee Name- EMPNAM(30,A) Employee Address-EMP ADDR(50 A)

1947


difference between view and index ?

898


What is the syntax of redefine?

712


Explain the input procedure and output procedure?

679