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I have 100 records in a file.. i want to sort the records from 5 to 5o... give the syntax...

CTS, DSRC,

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A s9(4). B v9(4) value 0.21 can i move this?

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how to refer the data field?

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why mainframe we use not like java as frontend oracle as backend. or not word excel.In there also huge ammount data stored.

TCS,

2 6316

what are decleratives in cobol?

GGG, Satyam,

2261

1.give the details about WHEN OTHER. 2. how many form are available in evaluate.

IBM,

2108

in the TIME parameter we r giving hours r minutes

IBM,

4 7288

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

L&T,

2 7808

what are the utilities for load and unload the DB2 tables

L&T,

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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 5859

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

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Can anybody give me example of subscript and index

5 9670

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

1 9374

How to define a array dynamically.....

Fidelity,

5 10198

WHY LRECL NEEDS TO BE 4 EXTRA THEN THE COBOL FILE LENGTH & WHAT IT CONTAIN IN THAT LENGTH

Cap Gemini,

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What is static and dynamic call in cobol?

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What are all the divisions of a COBOL program?

1217

What is a report item?

1141

How to find out the closest prime number of an input number? I believe it has something to do with SEARCH and COBOL Linear Array.

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What kind of error is trapped by on size error option?

1238

What is inspect in cobol ?

1301

If you are current on the owner of a set, what is the difference between obtain next and obtain first?

1347

can anybody post me about file-aid and changemen tools pls and give me reference if any mainframe guys are there

2375

How do you get the data to code the BMS macro?

1971

What is the difference between Call and a Link?

1196

What are the different rules of SORT operation?

1140

how do you reference the ksds vsam file formats from cobol programs

1189

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

1171

how do you reference the variable block file formats from cobol programs

1255

here is my requirement A1 is alphanumeric with value 'A1B2C3D4' as defined below 05 A1 PIC X(8) VALUE IS 'A1B2C3D4' but i need to have A2,A3 as ABCD & 1234 repectively...... A2 = ABCD A3 = 1234 Can you please explain me what are the different ways to do it?

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