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How to delete generations of gdg without deleting gdg base?

3 17563

how 2 resolve the -311 sqlcode

1 18974

What is the use of base and index registers in the IBM 360/370 processor?

3772

in a indexed file what is procedure for read the records from 12 to 18. please give the code example

L&T,

2 7823

what are the utilities for load and unload the DB2 tables

L&T,

1 9998

IDENTIFICATION DIVISION. PROGRAM-ID. MOVEPGM. DATA DIVISION. WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. 01 WS-I PIC 9(2). PROCEDURE DIVISION. A1000-MAIN-PARA. PERFORM PARA-X WITH TEST BEFORE UNTIL WS-I= 5 STOP RUN. PARA-X. DISPLAY "BEST2". I m getting error s722,while executing the program, seems getting in loop, can anybody tell me why

3 5881

How to increase the logical record length of existing PS file?

7 34687

Can anybody give me example of subscript and index

5 9693

what will happen if pass values more than 100 using PARM parameter?

1 9381

write the logic for PAGEUP and PAGEDOWN by using psuedo conversatation technique?

Cap Gemini,

2 15009

While using SORT FILES =NONE,XSUM I am getting error "ICE172A E XSUM IS NOT SUPPORTED - USE ICETOOL SELECT IF APPROPRIATE"..I want to write duplicate records a a serparte file..how i can do tht?

Steria,

3 16300

how can i pull up a query which was previously stored in qmf

3 11409

seqence numbers in cobol

TCS,

3127

all i need to know about cmpseqdat parameter in cmppfm, how it works and can we retrieve line sequence and date from the output?

2882

How to define a array dynamically.....

Fidelity,

5 10215

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

When The Define Jcl Is Not Available, How Can You Get Information About A Vsam File's Organisation ?

1230

What are various loop types supported by rexx?

954

Is therE anybody who knows about TICKLER FILE of RM.??thank you

2126

what does check opcode do ?

1875

I have File 1 occurs 5 times with Employee-ID,Employee-Name,Employee-Dept (EEE and MECH). I have File 2 occurs 10 times with Employee-ID,Employee-Name,Employee-Dept (EEE,CIVIL,CHEMICAL and MECH). In FIle 1 and FIle 2 , for matching Employee-DEPT (Only MECH) , we need to move entire records from file1 to file 2. We should not use 2D array. Your help is needed here.

1568

How to code the db2 queries using rexx, and also plz send some link and examples using db2 queries?

928

Can you define a gdg?

999

Explain dfsort utility?

1347

How do define dynamic array in cobol. how do you define single dimensional array and multidimensional array in your cobol?

1254

What is the format of comment statement?

1228

What are the uses of commit and finish?

899

Outputs of explain are with matchcols = 0. What does this signify?

1062

input= ,,,, mainframe training ,,, hyderabad .... location.... output1=$ mainframe training in hyderabad location$ output2=**** mainframe training in hyderabad location ****. In this pgn when we give input considering the spaces the output is displayed in this format.Like in the place of ,,,, $ should be displayed likewise.So please helpmeout.

2228

Explain how do you intitiate another transaction?

1076

what is the meaning of dynamic processing in vsam?

1062

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