IBM AS400 Interview Questions
Questions Answers Views Company eMail

difference between CHAIN and READE?

HCL,

8 43083

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 16620

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

IBM, Patni,

19 35241

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

Accenture, ACS, IBM,

28 102118

What is SDA used for?

7 13152

What are Triggers?

Ordain Solutions, Seabus Solutions,

14 25822

Where would you use Override Data Base File?

4 15467

What controls which printer a report goes to?

Wipro,

4 11614

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 10995

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 10527

What is the significance of UDATE?

IBM,

5 20593

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 13151

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 14538

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 9418

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 10664


Un-Answered Questions { IBM AS400 }

which are the figurative constants used in rpg?

829


In 'o' Specs What Is The Opcode For Write?

694


what is the maximum number of parameters allowed in rpg?

1014


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

945


Explain what all the conditiones required for using open opcode on a file?

489






what is join logical file?

1028


define data structure?

994


how to develop some simple graphs (bar charts) using just html?

656


How can we read file using curser? how to define a curser?

818


Explain the difference between section, paragraph and sentences?

497


i am using non join multiple format my 3 database file is like that pf97 R REC ENAME ETENNO ESTATUS K ENAME pf98 R REC1 ENAME ESAL K ENAME PF99 R REC3 ENAME CRDCARD EID K EID & MY NON JOIN LOGICAL FILE IS ALSO SAME EXCEPT RECORD NAMES BEFORE I TRIED WITH 2 FILES SO ITS SAYS ERROR I.E.(Key field attributes must be same as for previous formats. ) SO I CHANGED KEYFIELD ACCORDING TO PF SO ITS WORKING BUT AFTER ADDING 3 FILES ITS SAYING SAME ERROR . I DONT KNOW I NEW IN AS400 PLLZ HELP ME I HAVE ONE MORE QUE. CANT BE USE DIFFERENT KEYFIELD (NOT ACCORDING TO PF) IN NON JOIN LOGICAL FILE.

1029


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

576


an access path may be in which sequence?

622


How can we know running job is batch or interactive?

635


how will you search an array?

642