IBM AS400 Interview Questions
Questions Answers Views Company eMail

difference between CHAIN and READE?

HCL,

8 43111

Hello friends, i am new to AS/400. Can any one help me in AS/400 i meant say can you send me some FAQS and interview questions.

HanceInc, IBM,

7 16649

What is the benefit of using Externally Described files over Internally Described?

IBM, Patni,

19 35312

What is the difference between a Physical File & a Logical?

Accenture, ACS, IBM,

28 102238

What is SDA used for?

7 13183

What are Triggers?

Ordain Solutions, Seabus Solutions,

14 25854

Where would you use Override Data Base File?

4 15497

What controls which printer a report goes to?

Wipro,

4 11623

What are the values of NUM1 and NUM2 after executing the following code? CLONO1NO2NO3 Factorl÷÷+OpcdeFactor2+÷+ResultLenDHHiLoEq C MOVE *LOVAL NUM1 50 C MOVE *J-fIVAL NtJM2 52

Fiserv, IBM,

2 11003

1. Which Built-In-Function will you use to achieve the following functionality? CLONO1NO2NO3 Factorl÷÷+OpcdeFactor2++÷ResultLenDHHiLoEq C QTY IFLT *ZERO C QTY MULT -1 QTY C ENDIF a) %ABS b) %TRIM c) %TRIMS d) %UNS

IBM,

3 10538

What is the significance of UDATE?

IBM,

5 20615

A particular job executing on the iS is not behaving as expected and is operating in an environment in which it can be debugged. What commands would you use to debug and observe the program?

IBM,

2 13165

What is the compilation option that has to he specified while compiling an RPC program which uses a file having date data type field?

HSBC, IBM,

3 14548

2. Which of the following statement(s) explains the difference(s) between the /INCLUDE and ICOPY directives? a.) No difference, they function the same b.) ACOPY cannot be used as a conditional directive c.) IINCLUDE files cannot contain embedded SQL d.) Nesting /TNCLUDE directives is not allowed

IBM,

2 9423

3. Given the DOS Specification below and the following information: • Indicator 50 is off • No records have been written to the subfile What will be the result if the EXFMT operation code is performed on the record format CTLR? A R SUBFL A DESCRIP 101 6 1ODSPATR(UL) A DFT(’NOT FOUND’) A R CTLR SFLCTL(SUBFL) A N50 SFLDSP A SFLDSPCTL A SFLINZ A 67 SFIJEND A SFLSIZ(13) A SFLPAG(12) A ACCOUNTNO 100 S 10 a.) Only AccountNo will display b.) SUBFL will be initialized with 13 blank records c.) An I/O exception error will occur d.) The screen will display 12 records with ‘NOT FOUND’

IBM,

4 10676


Un-Answered Questions { IBM AS400 }

what is a query can be run in which mode?

854


What is program status data structure(psds) in as400?

596


Suppose I have a pf,it contains 5 members,how to access particular member data from logical file ?and what is the use of member in pf?

623


how to toggle between single line and multi - line display of a particular record in a subfile?

1071


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

1000






What is the use of limit sys?

58


What Is The Purpose Of The "n" In The Following Calculation Specification?

665


how can database records be read without lock ?

1202


what is the rpg system?

659


what is the function of rlu ?

970


writing an sql statement from selecting records from two files using single statement and nested select statement.

633


what is scan and xlate?

1079


what is the function of cpysplf command?

963


which are the figurative constants used in rpg?

832


How to find the list of source physical files in a library?

610