MainFrame Interview Questions, Answers for Freshers and Experienced asked in various Company Job Interviews

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MainFrame Interview Questions

Questions Answers Views Company eMail

how to skip the steps in JCl

EDS,

2 9693

there are 10 steps in jcl how to execute the steps from step2 to step8 only

EDS,

6 14065

what is the cond=even only

EDS,

4 8906

how to concatenate datasets

EDS,

5 23945

what is instream data

EDS,

2 7250

can we give instream data in procedure

EDS,

6 19351

in jcl you are having JCLLIB and STEPLIB what happens

EDS, Wipro,

10 26198

what is the difference b/w sequential and ESDS

EDS, IBM, Maples,

6 12206

what is freespace

EDS,

2 9471

what is control interval(CI) and control Area(CA)

EDS,

4 11141

88 class is used for

CTS, EDS,

5 10335

how to access vsam files in cobol and how to differentiate that this is ESDS file

EDS,

1 7795

what is the difference between normal select query and currosor

Cap Gemini, TCS,

2 17480

when we are tying to update a table having 100 rows. if the program abends when updating 51 row . how to start updating again from the 51 row .what was the logic

TCS,

2 10059

How can we know that cobol program is using report file or simple file....?

4 8692

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

Let us say you have a collection of multiple maps in cics. So if you are asked to determine the exact storage space that is available in a symbolicmap, then how will you compute it?

1136

My IMS main progam is calling Db2 subroutine ...Its giving - 923 db2 sql code..so could any one tell how to solve this issue.

3598

under given circumstances, my cgi should link to another site. How to implement this?

1020

Define adabas?

991

Write a cobol program making use of the redefine clause.

1186

How does coalesce work?

1031

What is amode(24), amode(31), rmode(24) and rmode(any) (applicable to only mvsesa enterprise server) ?

1218

What methodology can be adapted to transfer data to a program that is coded using the exec statement?

1225

what is rpg fixed logic cycle?

1211

Why select is not preferred in embedded sql programs?

1307

What is database reorganization?

1130

What Does Lokup Does In Tables & Arrays?

1277

What is the clustering index in the db2 database?

1003

what are all the contents of subfile?

1695

Define sqlca.

1117

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