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IBM MainFrame Interview Questions

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ther r 2 tables OTTABLE & SALTABLE, add the otamt from OTTABLE to empsal of SALTABLE if eid is matched else add the unmatched from OTTABLE to SALTABLE

2073

by using cursors , we can access particular records from the table based on some condition, i want to delete those selected records, how can we write a query for this in the program?

Mphasis,

4 9231

how to execute the last 5 steps in jcl

Syntel,

2 7324

What is XDC ?

Cap Gemini, IBM,

3 18996

Describe the COBOL coding sheet

Cap Gemini, Royal Infotech,

2 14672

How can you display the current date & current time ?

Cap Gemini,

1 5097

How can you display the current date & current time ?

Cap Gemini,

7 12931

S9(5)V9(2) occupies how many bytes memory ?

Cap Gemini,

6 49122

How can you display the SPOOL information ?

2 5946

what is invreq condition?

IBM,

3 24418

explain abt types of maps? and explain

1 4480

i want apply mainframe devolper with 3+ but i dont have that much of knowledge what isthe solution to get that much of knoweldge?

1 4615

when SE37 SB37 and sd37 occurs how to increase the volume , primary quantity and secondary quantity?

Hewitt,

1 3981

Which one allows duplicate values Union or Union All ?

3 7547

What is Base Cluster ?

1 6261

Un-Answered Questions { IBM MainFrame }

What is the mainframe computer?

949

Explain the process in which flat files are converted into vsam files?

1017

What is the role of data manager in the db2 database?

1111

Explain how to initialize a register to 0000?

1018

List down the types of triggers in the db2 database?

1036

What is db2 purescale?

1012

What is an mdt (modified data tag)?

1039

How do you reference the following file formats from cobol programs?

1171

Code the related portions of cics/cobol-i programs to gain addressability to twa area assigned to a particular task. Assme that the size of twa area is 300bytes. What are the advantages if cobol-ii is used in the place of cobol?

1150

I have a COBOL program that ACCEPTs some input data. How do you code the JCL statement for this?

1207

Mention the way of highlighting as well as putting a cursor to use in a cobol program.

1085

Explain the primary significance of intra-partition and extra-partition tdqs ?

1090

How arrays can be defined in COBOL?

1230

What parameter of the job statement is used to limit the cpu time consumed by the job?

1283

Explain how do you control cursor positioning?

1017

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