MainFrame Interview Questions
Questions Answers Views Company eMail

i want to learn mainframe..any websites and material to learn from basic..? my mail id : rajeswaribe2010@gmail.com

1773

Is it possible to delete Symbolic Map? What is the impactness if we delete symbolic map?

CTS,

3 9930

I have sequential file recl 1000 i want to add another 15 bytes to it. The record length should not change..How?

CTS, HCL,

1 4416

How to print data of sequential file to Spool..?

2 7128

Particular area has been affected in cics screen, what is the process to find?

Cap Gemini,

3 8559

before altering a table is it necessary to lock ? if lock what is it ? how to do ? ifi want to lock a table what is that command ?

IBM,

1716

what is the total syntax for fetch ? can any one please give me all the details of fetch ? thx

IBM,

2 5381

can we view the access paths created by dbrm ? how ? thx

IBM,

2 6262

suppose in my table 10 rows are there , i want to update odd rows salary as 90000 ? how u do it ? any one help me ? what do we use here cursor-fetch or normal sql ?

IBM,

5 9039

i have a ps with two columns eno and ename , i need to copy eno column values in one ps and ename column values in one Ps ? is it possible through iebgener . how ? thx in advance

IBM, TCS,

1 6060

wht is packed decimal in cobol

2 6148

How do you round the addition or subtraction of two numbers in assembler? what does the following code do? AP WKUR,=P'5' where WKUR is a label

CSC, IBM,

3 9149

what is sort? whis is internal & external sort ?when do u go for inter sort & external sort? tell about some sort utilites?

BirlaSoft,

2 7538

without jcl how to run the batch programs

IBM,

2207

how to run batch program without jcl?

HSBC, IBM,

3 10093


Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

what would I use uni-rexx for?

569


Why is it necessary that file needs to be opened in I-O mode for REWRITE?

748


Explain isolation level?

637


What is a ca split?

604


What is iseries database?

597






why do we use readc? What is sflnxtchg?

672


What is an area sweep and when is it used?

1083


what is arrival sequence?

1118


List the various advantages of using jcl language?

855


Explain the function of the cics translator?

617


what keyword must be used with protect keyword ?

1131


Service Program : S1 Modules in S1 : M1 M1 having two procedures : ADD, SUB Current Binder Language STRPGMEXP PGMLVL(*CURRENT) EXPORT SYMBOL("ADD") EXPORT SYMBOL("SUB") ENDPGMEXP Doubt: I need to add one new Module to the Service Program M2 having one procedure ‘MULT’ How to add this new module to the service program S1 ? If I need to recreate the service program again, Do I need to mention the Module M1 again while recreating along with new Module M2? There is no Binding Directory. Binder language structure will be like this STRPGMEXP PGMLVL(*CURRENT) EXPORT SYMBOL("ADD") EXPORT SYMBOL("SUB") EXPORT SYMBOL("MULT") ENDPGMEXP STRPGMEXP PGMLVL(*PREVIOUS) EXPORT SYMBOL("ADD") EXPORT SYMBOL("SUB") ENDPGMEXP

1934


Explain the difference between search and searchall?

513


What types of tables are there in the db2 database?

559


How do you pull up a query which was previously saved in qmf?

678