MainFrame Interview Questions
Questions Answers Views Company eMail

how to run only 10 modules of existing N modules in service program in RPGILE ?

Wipro,

3 7194

. How to know why the OPM job is in MSGWAIT state?..WHAT COULD BE THE REASON FOR it?

Wipro,

1 6984

Job is running in production 24/7 how do u debug that running job ?

Wipro,

1 7421

How to read 2 positions at a time in a data area? I have created a data area of length and i have to read the values of the data area like 91-92,93-94 at a time up till 100

3 7275

Is there any command to check wether the ps file is in sorted order?

IBM,

2402

Is there any command to check wether the ps file is in sorted order?

4 7746

I have a flat file of 10 byte with unknown total record count. Requirement is [using CLIST]: 1. get the record count of the file 2. read first 5 records in 5 different variable

1 2197

what are the secirity tools in mainframe? and let me know about the other tools and the uses of thst immediatly................

IBM,

1982

I have a display file with mandatory fields. Is there anyway that i can highlight those fields to bring attention to the user? The same behavior that AS400 makes when we attempt to execute a command without completing all the required parameters. Note: I have used DSPATR(HI) or DPSATR(RI) and they have different behaviors. Thanks.

2 6425

There is a excel sheet having details of Old account number and new account number. I need to update these details in my AS400 files. i.e. all the records having old account number should be replaced with new account number. There can be 100 or 200 or 300 PFs...no fix files known. how can we do this?Solution should be performance oriented

Cap Gemini, IBM,

3 7489

Following questions were asked in Capegemini on 8th sep,2012 mainframe test 1.)Condition code for dul recors in VSAM- 2.) Is NULL or =NULL in Select statement 3.)max size of CI 4.)What happens after CI is full 5.)Ques on COND parameter 6.)which among following can not be rolled back a)delete table b.)droptable c)Update d.)insert 7.)groupby and orderby sql querries 8.)Max extents in VSAM file 9.)quesn on DPRTY=(1,10) 10.)range of condition codes in COBOL 11.)occurs clase can not be used at which level? 12.)delimiter in jcl 13.)sort card for file in PGM=SORT 14.)PIC(6) value 120056 possible? 15)question on BLKSIZE Is (20,20) and (20,10) possible? 16.)number of bytes in RDF 17.)Can we use index in WS-section or LK-section 18.)Verify command in IDCAMS used for? 19.)question on Alternate Index 20.)Return code of file attribute mismatch 21.)In which format COBOL variables stored? 22.)what is Alternate of HANDLE? 23.)can SUM,AVG,MIN,ROUND used in numeric and char variable data types? 24.)What is the datatype of FILE STATUS codes in WS-section?

Cap Gemini,

2 7851

what is force complete

IBM,

2 18274

What is I90(Insure 90)?

1 17772

please guys help me,I need to write a program that shows more than one way to display a subfile. Both views are of the same file but sorted differently and show different fields of the same file when the user presses a function key. send me code

Virtusa,

4 6416

If I update one or more members in a pds in the step 1, how can I reach these new contents to be used in the step 2 of the same job? To start a new job via intrdr is not satisfactory, because I must solve this problem in one job.

IBM,

2 4016


Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

Can we delete records from view?

537


what sorting order does search all have?

576


what is the role of the is numeric clause?

572


what are the three types of keywords associated with printer file ?

969


Describe major components of db2?

610






what is cab?

644


What is meant by a ‘Transid’ ?

600


My program has an array defined to have 10 items. Due to a bug, I find that even if the program access the 11th item in this array, the program does not abend. What is wrong with it?

591


Which commend used for terminating a browser operation?

473


What is the difference between cursor stability and repeatable read isolation levels?

648


What statement can be used to send data to another mvs jes3 node?

767


how many files, printer files you can describe in a rpg?

610


How do I connect my db2 database to ibm?

579


what is uni-rexx?

573


what is the purpose of the indara keyword?

1084