COBOL Interview Questions
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hi is there any means of deletin a record from a ps usin cobol not using jcl?eg if i am reading a record and if some condition is matched tat particular record must be deletd fom the ps

iNautix,

5 13812

hai friends ,i have HSBc exam on this sunday,my platform is Mainframe,i have 1 year exp,pls any one send me placement papers of Hsbc and technical questions on mainframe

Citi Bank, CitiGroup, HSBC, iNautix, Wipro,

6 21436

HELLO FRIENDS, THIS IS JANARDHAN.GADIRAJU, I FACED ONE INTERESTING QUESTION IN COBOL, THAT IS WHAT ARE THE VALUES WE CAN SEE IN HIGHVALUES AND LOWVALUES, CAN U PLEASE GIVE ME THE ANSWER

Patni,

7 14283

what do you mean by copybook? and what is the difference between the copybook which we are using in working storage and procedure division.

HCL, TCS,

3 23617

I have one column say 'X' defined as VARCHAR Can anyone tell me What are the different ways to update this column thru COBOL-DB2 program?

5 14794

Can anyone please give the example of Inline Perform.

TCS,

6 11832

There is a production file which has millions of records in it.The program that uses it ends up with an SOC7 abend.It is sure that the abend is due to some invalid data in the file.Is there any way to debugg the SOC7 abend with out giving displays? I need the record which is cause for the abend.

Danske, iGate,

8 37768

Hi all, I have a following requirement to write the cobol program. I have to load the 129 variables from input sequential file which are in excel sheet to the cobol inernal table. and after loading into table i have to compare this data with the business file. here compare means controlling the data whether the format(numeric,alpha) is same in the business file and in the table??? i have the same data in input and business file. could anyone please give me any idea of the logic?// i have all the 129 different variables(129rows,1 column)is there .

IBM, Syntel, TCS,

4 11400

How to pass return codes from cobol to jcl?

5 19706

Can a REDEFINES clause be used along with an OCCURS clause? if yes, 01 WS-TABLE. 03 WS-TABLE-EL OCCURS 5 TIMES PIC X(1) VALUE 'A'. 03 WS-EX REDEFINES WS-TABLE-EL PIC X(5). What can you expect? if no,why?

6 17844

Is this allowed? 01 WS-TABLE. 03 FILLER-X PIC X(5) VALUE 'AAAAA'. 03 WS-EX REDEFINES FILLER-X OCCURS 5 TIMES PIC X(1). can redefines clause be used with occurs clause?

4 8976

what is the minimum number of lines a Cobol program should have to successfully compile and run

7 11354

what is the minimum number of lines a Cobol program should have to successfully compile and run

ABC, Societe Generale,

11 20275

How to display string in the reverse order using occurs clause?

4 12093

.How to add one input & one Out file in existing cobol program. how approach tell me step by step.

Syntel,

2 13477


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Un-Answered Questions { COBOL }

How do u write test cases?

1619


How are the next sentence and continue different from each other?

740


A table has two indexes defined. Which one will be used by the SEARCH?

723


I need to compare 3 variables(dates) and do some processing based on the earliest date. There could be more then 1 date record in any of the 3 fields. What is the best way to code this?

1780


what is difference bt COND, REGION & TIME parameters at JOB & EXEC. give an exp.

8076






i want a program using by if, evaluate , string, unstring, perform, occurs?

3995


how do you reference the rrds file formats from cobol programs

754


What are the rules of the move verb?

672


explain sorting techniques in cobol program?

658


how do you reference the printer file formats from cobol programs

629


what is search and searchall?what is the diffrence between them?give an best example?

5482


How can you get the ksds file records into your cobol program?

623


What is the difference between comp and comp-3?

672


How to get the last record in vsam file in cluster? And how can you get the kids file records into your cobol program?

699


What is the Purpose of POINTER Phrase in STRING command in COBOL?

693