how to have variable length record in outrec..i have the requmt as follows.. i/p file variable lenght record output file : i need to alter the input and write into outrec(another file) sort fields: copy from(dd1) using ctl1 ctl1cntl dd * outfil fnames=xxx, outrec=(1,131) here i outrec is bombing with error..how to overcome this defect...???

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if in a job, region is mentioned in both jobcard and in step then which is cosidered at the step level? A job has region 4k in jobcard and step1 with region 0k and step2 with 16k, then what is the region allocated for the entire job? what is the region step1 takes? what is the region step2 takes?

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can i sort packed decimal if i can tell the syntax

1 Answers   Barclays,

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What is a procedure?

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how to convert fb to vb in jcl ?

5 Answers   IBM, Infosys,

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How to fetch even records from one file to another file by using ICETOOL in JCL?

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I have 2 steps in my exec statement , in first step I am creating a gdg, and the output of this step is going into second step as a input, and this second step is abended , now how could i approach in this case.

5 Answers   Bank Of America,

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how can we pass parameters from JCL to cobol subprogram...my requirement is i should not get data from mainprogram but i need it from JCL directly

5 Answers   IBM, TCS,

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If we want to see the eliminated duplicate record thru SORT, how its output file will be managed

6 Answers   Syntel,

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Can we call instream to catalog and catalog to instream?

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IF WE GIVE COND on step3 then, What does the following mean ? And Just adding to that, All the below COND are VALID as per the specifications. (i) COND = (8,LT,step1,step2) ---(AND/OR ?) (ii) COND = (8,LT,step1,step2, ONLY), (iii) COND = (8,LT,step1,ONLY) will it execute only if this condition is true or only if step1 ABENDS ? (iv) COND = (8,LT,step1,step2,EVEN), (v) COND = (8,LT,step1,EVEN) ?

2 Answers   IBM,

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What is the difference between sb37,se37,sd37 each?

9 Answers   TCS,

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