MainFrame Interview Questions, Answers for Freshers and Experienced asked in various Company Job Interviews

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MainFrame Interview Questions

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I had ruestion in one of the interview..... If 1 file has more than 1 member and i want to use the 2nd member in the RPG pgm (in RPG400),how can I use this.... I know the possible answers i.e. useing API 'QCMDEXE' or Before calling the pgm I can use OVRDBF for that member... but I dont' want to use both the tips in above scenarion. Does any body tell me how can i use this ....?

Mind Tree,

13 21506

One of the job in subsystem is in Running status,expected time to complete this job is 2 minutes. But from last 5 -10 minutes this job is still in running status....What are the possible reasons...and What are the actions i need to perform to check this...?

4 9073

Can anybody tell me in which scenario we have to use SQLRPG .(Embeded SQL)....?

HSBC,

2 9634

What will be the value of STRING after line 0106 is executed in the code below? 0101 E* Fromfiletofile..tabnameprnentlenpdatabnamlenpda 0102 E ARR 8 1 0103 ISTRING DS 0104 I 1 8 ARR 0105 C MOVE *BLANK STRING 0106 C MOVEA'ABC' ARR A) 'AAAAAAAA' B) 'BBBBBBBB' C) 'CCCCCCCC' D) 'ABC ' E) ' ABC'

2 5332

can we perform CHAIN operation on Subfile record format....?

4 20229

What error I will get if my select query gives multiple row while executing a Cobol-DB2 program.How can I solve it without using a cursor.

Cap Gemini, Verizon,

4 11727

Can we trigger an rpg program which has user interaction with display file when updating a file using the command ADDPFTRG?

2 9297

Can we have a Physical file without any member ? Please let me know

12 21036

My cobol program(not having any sql statements) is calling another cobol program ( having sql statements), what is needed for compilation and run in jcls .

Cap Gemini, RBS,

3 12841

Can we able to find all the Table names under a Particular Plan?

CTS,

1 6661

what is use of sflnxtchg and use of MDT(modify data tag).both r same r not and can we use these on dspf and subfile.

2 23886

what is CCID in endevor, what it is its role?

CTS,

5 38689

1. what if null values retrived from database and no null indicator mentioned in query. What is sql code.

Cap Gemini,

1 8474

what is differnece between DROP TABLE & DELETE TABLE .

Cap Gemini,

4 11492

What if we fail to give values in columns declared as NOT NULL ?

Cap Gemini,

3 9926

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

Define communication area?

1000

Discuss about db2 bind?

1103

mention the option (along with argument type) used in a cics command to retrieve the response code after execution of the command?

1195

What do you mean by cursor?

994

Explain the difference between getting the system time with eibtime and asktime command?

1100

what opcode could be used to test an alphanumeric field for all numeric values?

1780

can you please let me know if there is any walkins for COBOL/PLI/DB2/IMS/JCL in pune other than IBM and ITC infotech

2435

how to retrieve the instream data in sysin?

1148

Explain how do you set the mdt option to on status, even if data is not entered?

1102

EXPLAIN MAIN FRAME TESTING PROCESS...HOW TO FIX THE MAINFRAME BUGS?

2554

Explain the difference between link and xctl?

975

Is mainframe an operating system?

944

how can I automatically refresh a web page?

1066

is there any way I can ease my rpg controls on numeric input fields? How about an input date field?

1123

What are the different rules to perform a Search?

1100

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