IBM AS400 Interview Questions
Questions Answers Views Company eMail

difference between CHAIN and READE?

HCL,

8 45159

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 18080

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

IBM, Patni,

19 38105

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

Accenture, ACS, IBM,

28 106629

What is SDA used for?

7 14580

What are Triggers?

Ordain Solutions, Seabus Solutions,

14 28382

Where would you use Override Data Base File?

4 16512

What controls which printer a report goes to?

Wipro,

4 12776

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 11808

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 11453

What is the significance of UDATE?

IBM,

5 22000

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 14105

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 15641

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 10329

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 11709


Un-Answered Questions { IBM AS400 }

1. There is a file called Month. Month has 12 members called Jan, Feb, ..., Dec. How to design a rpg code which can access any member and show its content. (User can ask for any member when required)?

666


how do you know that records are locked?

1593


What is the maximum number of subfiles that can be specified in a display file?

1604


In Which Specs Arrays, Tables & Constants Are Defined?

941


To Add A File To The 'file Selection' Option Of A Query, The Function Key To Be Pressed Is?

1020


what is the clp command to access a query/400?

1752


what are the different types of arrays available in rpg ?

1293


the maximum number of subfiles that can be active for a single file is ____ .

1524


is it possible to create a physical file without dds?

1640


what does the opcode free do?

1599


what is the maximum number of subfiles that can specified in a display file ?

1425


what is a program described file in rpg?

1413


how to validate input values in display file ?

917


What is the draw back of Procedures? why we are going to Modules?

1489


What Does Lokup Does In Tables & Arrays?

993