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IBM AS400 Interview Questions

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difference between CHAIN and READE?

8 46842

Hello friends, i am new to AS/400. Can any one help me in AS/400 i meant say can you send me some FAQS and interview questions.

HanceInc, IBM,

7 19199

What is the benefit of using Externally Described files over Internally Described?

IBM, Patni,

19 40786

What is the difference between a Physical File & a Logical?

Accenture, ACS, IBM,

28 110998

What is SDA used for?

7 15947

What are Triggers?

Ordain Solutions, Seabus Solutions,

14 30926

Where would you use Override Data Base File?

4 17536

What controls which printer a report goes to?

Wipro,

4 13574

What are the values of NUM1 and NUM2 after executing the following code? CLONO1NO2NO3 Factorl÷÷+OpcdeFactor2+÷+ResultLenDHHiLoEq C MOVE *LOVAL NUM1 50 C MOVE *J-fIVAL NtJM2 52

Fiserv, IBM,

2 12508

1. Which Built-In-Function will you use to achieve the following functionality? CLONO1NO2NO3 Factorl÷÷+OpcdeFactor2++÷ResultLenDHHiLoEq C QTY IFLT *ZERO C QTY MULT -1 QTY C ENDIF a) %ABS b) %TRIM c) %TRIMS d) %UNS

IBM,

3 12319

What is the significance of UDATE?

IBM,

5 23114

A particular job executing on the iS is not behaving as expected and is operating in an environment in which it can be debugged. What commands would you use to debug and observe the program?

IBM,

2 14814

What is the compilation option that has to he specified while compiling an RPC program which uses a file having date data type field?

HSBC, IBM,

3 16475

2. Which of the following statement(s) explains the difference(s) between the /INCLUDE and ICOPY directives? a.) No difference, they function the same b.) ACOPY cannot be used as a conditional directive c.) IINCLUDE files cannot contain embedded SQL d.) Nesting /TNCLUDE directives is not allowed

IBM,

2 11127

3. Given the DOS Specification below and the following information: • Indicator 50 is off • No records have been written to the subfile What will be the result if the EXFMT operation code is performed on the record format CTLR? A R SUBFL A DESCRIP 101 6 1ODSPATR(UL) A DFT(’NOT FOUND’) A R CTLR SFLCTL(SUBFL) A N50 SFLDSP A SFLDSPCTL A SFLINZ A 67 SFIJEND A SFLSIZ(13) A SFLPAG(12) A ACCOUNTNO 100 S 10 a.) Only AccountNo will display b.) SUBFL will be initialized with 13 blank records c.) An I/O exception error will occur d.) The screen will display 12 records with ‘NOT FOUND’

IBM,

4 12637

Un-Answered Questions { IBM AS400 }

what is overlay?

1120

what are the various types of device files?

1664

What is FORMAT keyword and its use?

596

can anybody help me to solve this problem. the program that i m checking display error message saying "Record format for file AJDSPFFD does not match model file and decimal error. how to solve this problem. The AJDSPFFD is snapshot the AJTLOG that is the audit trail list.

2791

can error messages as a result of a comp, range or values keyword be overridden?

1899

what is a non-join logical file?

1806

what is the sequence when using cursor?

1209

How to debug a batch job when it is in messagewait(mswg) status. I know the steps for batch ebugging, but im confusing with when we submit any job for batch debug we put in held state. So here also do same thing or any other way?

1256

what is the purpose of dynslt keyword?

1747

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

1660

How to index LF by relative record no (RRN)

3281

how can a cgi check whether an ifs object is available?

1089

What is %CHECK?

1265

How Chain operation copies the record's data to the input buffer for the program?

1594

what is the difference between sflclr and sflinz?

1757

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