how do u find whether a record is locked or not??/

what are the parameters of jobd?give in detail.&what are the parameters of subsystem...????

give an eg of ACQ-(ACQUIRE),BIT OFF,BIT ON,DEALLOC,DUMP,FEOD,FORCE,MHHZO,MHLZO,MHLLZO,MLHZO,REL,RESET,TESTZ,TESTB,TESTN----GIVE SMALL EXAMPLE TO THE OPCODES...TO UNDERSTAND FUNCTIONING...........

1.String operatio such as moving the characters to the variables? 2.what are the building functions for check file longs? 3.which of the following methods will make externally describe file fields available to a program? A: A/copy statement that specifies the library file and member of the field reference file source code B: A data structure definition specification that names the file on the EXTNAME keyword C: A data structure definition specification that names the file on the IMPORT keyword? D: A Definition specification for each desired field with the REFFLD keyword

1.WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE CODE BELOW? C CUSTNO CHAIN CUSTMAST IF %ERROR can any body find the wrong please? 2.What builtin function will you use to achieve the following functionality? C QTY IFLT *ZERO C QTY MULT-1 QTY ENDIF

i 'm new to as/400.in an interview i was asked this question.give a practical example for passing information or data through local data area. I know only that data area is an object used to store tiny bits of data or it can store one value at a time and it is used to store frequently changing values or datas.thats all i know about data area can any one tell me how local data area and user defined data area are used to pass data between jobs with a example or coding.thanks in advance.

Mr.Sidc sirfor my question{how to convert date format from one format to another i think in CL/400 its CVTDAT,Please tell in RPG/400 sir not in RPGILE} you have answered using MOVE opcode,can you illustrate me with a small example sir very kind of you.

How can we search particular records from the database file in RPG. For example, there are 100 records in the file.i need to retrieve all the records matching/equal to the particular 'NAME' field. How can we do the above using SEARCH criteria other than using the IF cond?

If record-format name in an externally-described file has already been defined as a file-name.how to solve this?

As400 Command to find the Name of the Program to which a Particular Module is Bound..? Ex: IC210AMR (*MODULE) is bound with Other Modules which Forms Program Object as IC210ABP(*PGM) . As400 Command to find the IC210ABP Using IC210AMR..? Thanks

I am Submitting one job in batch that job calls three progams(PGMA, PGMB, PGMC). PGMB should be called after sucessfully completion of PGMA as like for PGMC also. So Can you please tell me how can we do that (without using data area)

What is Multi Occurrence Data Structure(MODS)?