IBM MainFrame Interview Questions
Questions Answers Views Company eMail

what is difference between Plan and Package

Syntel,

1 5183

How do run the JCL which has 25 steps by skipping the following steps 5, 10,15 and 25 without using COND statement

Syntel,

5 8982

file status 00 is checked after opening the file or reading the file

John Deere,

4 6853

how can you save the query in QMF?IS IT POSSIBLE OR NOT.IF POSSIBLW HOW?

Hewitt,

1 5019

How can u know the current date using jcl?

iNautix, Wipro,

2 13001

What is -904 sql code? How to resolve it?

3 43011

What are the common keyword parameters in both job and exec statements

Cap Gemini,

4 12818

When will we need to specify Space parameter ?

Wipro,

3 6614

Can you delete the GDG base without deleting GDG generations ?

Cap Gemini,

7 18597

In how ways you can pass the data from Jcl to cobol ?

Cap Gemini, IBM,

3 18190

What is the maximum data length for Numeric DataType ?

Cap Gemini,

3 8298

01 a pic s9(5) occupies how many bytes ?

Wipro,

9 27391

What is the use of IEBGENER ?

Cap Gemini, Wipro,

2 8387

How can you declare the file ?

Wipro,

1 4354

How many divisions we have in Cobol ?

Wipro,

4 7112


Un-Answered Questions { IBM MainFrame }

what do you mean by gdg in vsam?

713


Why do we use cursor?

589


What is the use of value function?

613


Explain the difference between a schema and a subschema in idms?

435


What happens if both JOBLIB & STEPLIB is specified ?

598






What is the default value(s) for an initialize? What keyword will allow for an override of the default?

646


When you are obtaining next within a set and get a end of set return code, on what record are you now current in idms?

458


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

610


What is the motivation behind coding class parameter in job statement?

673


What is meant by explain?

654


Define an associator in adabas?

524


can you change the attribute in mapset? if so how?

1699


what is eib, how is can be used?

641


What are union and union all?

531


What are the main uses of the transaction in the cics?

577