Answer / dinesh

COBOL is programming lang for mainframe. CICS is front end tool

Answer / karim

COBOL is programing language and cics is front end tool use
to create online process

Answer / raju

GIRISH I THINK THE QUESTION WOULD BE ...

WHAT IS THE CODING DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NORMAL COBOL PROGRAM
AND CICS-COBOL PROGRAM ?

IF YES,

ANS)
1. IN BATCH (NORMAL COBOL) WE DECLARE THE FILES IN
ENVIRONMENT DIVISION WHERE AS IN ONLINE (CICS-COBOL) FCT
WILL BE USED.

2.IN BATCH WE USE ACCEPT & DISPLAY stmts ,in cics we use
SEND/RECEIVE commands.

3.in batch we use GO BACK,EXIT and STOP RUN, IN CICS RETURN
COMMAND TO INDICATE END OF THE PROGRAM.

Answer / babu

no file description in cics programs

Answer / sriharichallagundla

COBOL is programming lang for mainframe. CICS is front end tool

Answer / girish kumar

Im calling sub-program but sub-program is not available what will happen.

Answer / nag(igate)

i am few answers to Raju's answers....

1. The CICS commands should be coded in keyword-delimiter
i.e EXEC CICS ......END-EXEC. and the cobol not neccesary
to use keyword.

2. The Environment division is optional in CICS , while it
is mandatory in COBOl for decalring files

3. In CICS , we can test whether it is executed the program
first time or not. But in cobo, we cannot test it.

and they are many more.................

Answer / krishna chaitanya

Hi all

cobol is a high Level language . we can also call it as
programming lang .

CICS is a Language which is used to Develop the Screens .
its just like Scripting lang .

Ex : HTML

Its a lang which deals with assembler level Macros like
DFhmdf,dfhmdi,dfhmsd , dfhpct ........

Cics is a core for mainframes

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15 Answers   ADP, Broadridge, CTS, HSBC, L&T, RBS, TCS,

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7 Answers   CTS,

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6 Answers  

What is a scope terminator give example?

0 Answers  

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2 Answers  

What is the difference between PIC 9.99 and PIC9v99?

0 Answers  

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5 Answers   Broadridge, TCS,

Hi all, I have a following requirement to write the cobol program. I have to load the 129 variables from input sequential file which are in excel sheet to the cobol inernal table. and after loading into table i have to compare this data with the business file. here compare means controlling the data whether the format(numeric,alpha) is same in the business file and in the table??? i have the same data in input and business file. could anyone please give me any idea of the logic?// i have all the 129 different variables(129rows,1 column)is there .

4 Answers   IBM, Syntel, TCS,

have in 100 records in a file i want to read first 3 records and skip next 3 records and agan i want to read 3 records and again i want to skip 3 records...

2 Answers   ITC Indian Tobacco Company, PNP, TCS,

What is the difference between binary search and sequential search?

0 Answers  

suppose a cobol programme A calling programme B,C and D. If C undergoes some change what if A,B,C,D need to be recompiled or only C nee to be recompliled.

2 Answers   IBM,

what is a zoned decimal data type and how it will be stored?

2 Answers   IBM,