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MainFrame Interview Questions

Questions Answers Views Company eMail

What is TSQ and TDQ.what is the the difference? when you for tsq and when you go for tdq?

2 21492

what is the meaning of 'sysin dd dummy'

3 21439

Why did we give STRSRVJOB while debugging batch program

HBL Power Systems,

3 12786

In a file(PS), we dont know how many records are there. requirement is divide half n half the records n insert into 2 another files(PS).

Cap Gemini, TCS,

6 13251

please..could u give an example about USAGE IS POINTER ..and explain why and when we use it ?

EDS,

2472

when we use sysprint and sysout statements

3 13241

please could u tell me the difference between SORT, SYNCSORT,CA-SORT, DFSORT,

IBM,

1 15991

wht r different types of sort fields in jcl ?

IBM,

1 35900

wht r the requirements for writing a cobol-db2 pgm ?

IBM,

4 8959

pls explain the precompilation process of cobol-db2 pgm

HCL, IBM,

3 23445

Can we put move statement in COBOL copybook

Global Logic,

3 15465

what will happen if i give program name and member name as different? program runs successful or w'll abend?

CTS,

5 12223

what is the control cards?

3 8318

What is the use of DELGEN in DB2? Can we Write the program with out using it?

Cap Gemini,

6 17527

What are the abend codes occour in ur latest PROJECT in DB2

Cap Gemini,

2 8788

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

What are catalog tables in db2?

1050

I have File 1 occurs 5 times with Employee-ID,Employee-Name,Employee-Dept (EEE and MECH). I have File 2 occurs 10 times with Employee-ID,Employee-Name,Employee-Dept (EEE,CIVIL,CHEMICAL and MECH). In FIle 1 and FIle 2 , for matching Employee-DEPT (Only MECH) , we need to move entire records from file1 to file 2. We should not use 2D array. Your help is needed here.

1566

Write about the self-referencing constraint?

976

Explain storage architecture of idms.

844

SQLCODE = -199, ERROR: ILLEGAL USE OF KEYWORD CHAR, TOKEN KEY was expected

11675

What is commarea (communications area)?

1009

input 1 input2 ouput1 output2 output 3 1 re 300 1 re 200 1 re 300 3 rc 500 1 re 200 2 rr 400 1 re 300 2 rr 400 1 rc 400 3 rc 500 1 rc 400 2 rr 700 2 rr 700 5 tt 900 5 tt 900 2 inputs r in flat file and output 1 is matched records,ouptput2 is unmatched of input1,output3 is unmatched of input2! how vl u get the output files using sequential order and to check with each and every records! let me know the procedure division ?

2300

what is the difference between a package and a plan. How does one bind 2 versions of a cics transaction with the same module name in two different cics regions that share the same db2 subsystem?

1063

Explain dfsort utility?

1343

what is *place and *auto keyword in prtf ?plz explain

3162

What are sqlcodes –803,-805, -811, -818,-904,-911,-913,-101, +100?

1185

What is the difference between structured cobol programming and object alternativelyiented cobol?

1248

Define adabas?

981

What happens if both JOBLIB & STEPLIB is specified ?

1146

What are host variables in db2?

1072

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