Answer / divya

No,but it is necessary if referback,step restart is used.

Answer / himap

No. But it is always recommended to have a step name.

Suppose your program is reading a Sequential Vsam file. The file contains 10 records. How will you code the JCL to read only 2nd, 5th, 7th,and 10th record?

1 Answers   Thomson,

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I HAVE A SEQUENTIAL FILE CONTAINING ONE RECORD IN WHICH I HAVE ONE FIELD AS CUSTOMER IDENTITY NUMBER FIELD WHICH IS A SIGNED FIELD. HOW TO SEQUENTIALLY INCREMENT THIS FIELD USING OVERLAY PARAMETER?.

1 Answers  

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If Name is NOT given for a JOB statement, then will it give error or installation will supply it for the JOB ?

1 Answers   IBM,

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How do you pass parameters to the program as the job is being executed ?

2 Answers  

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how can a gdg base be created in a jcl. What is the difference between empty and scratch parameter while defining/altering gdg base?

0 Answers   IBM,

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Can we find specific member without knowing the name of PDS or can we search a member to which PDS it belongs to? if so how?

6 Answers  

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if we give two job cards in a single what happens

3 Answers   IBM,

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how to run batch program without jcl?

3 Answers   HSBC, IBM,

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what if any ,is the syntax error in the following piece of code 01 B PIC A(7) 02 C PIC 9(4) ........ IF(B NUMERIC) ADD 10 TO C a.the condition in the if statement is wrong b.noting is wrong c.because C is initialised.ADD 10 TO C is wrong d.both B and C shoud have same size.

1 Answers  

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Can a job have only steplib and no joblib ?

6 Answers  

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can we give instream data in procedure

6 Answers   EDS,

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How to compare two files in SYNCSORT and on the mismatch record should be deleted from second file.

0 Answers   CSC, SPIC,

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