MainFrame Interview Questions
Questions Answers Views Company eMail

what happens when a copybook variables are declared using include statement ?

IBM,

3 7302

Hi this is sures. i need to practice the ibm mainframes.could u telme how can i get userid from IBM.how much cost they will collect for one user id.can send me the details please.thanq

2 4658

where will we code call by content and call by reference dude pls reply soon ?

2 5388

how can u find out just by seeing wheater it is main program or sub program ? any two ways to identify reply soon ?

2 5498

which is faster either static call or dynamic call ? and specify the reasons for it ? reply fast

1 4621

wht do u mean by (*,intrdr) wht is * used for ?

2 11102

is there any utility for restarting a particular step in jcl reply soon ?

5 10658

how to get 'time stamp' in cics prgms ,what is the syntax.

1 13644

What is the difference between receive and receivemap commands in CICS?

1 5633

what are activation group and what are its types.?

IBM,

2 9383

wht r s722,s822,s122 and s222 abends pls reply fast

Wipro,

1 26588

i have an employment table whch has salary,dept,name? i want salary b/w 1000 to 5000 can anyone pls say the query for ths ?

Cap Gemini, CGI, EDS, IBM, Satyam, Wipro,

8 11789

how can we code index in an array of cobol pgm?

Wipro,

1 6700

how can we fetch 3 records in cobol pgm any coding pls ?

CGI,

3 8121

how can handle the s0c4 abend???

3 10427


Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

what is the meaning of notcat 2?

644


List out the buffer pools in db2

626


What is the main purpose of having user catalog in vsam?

570


Explain about find and obtain commands?

533


What types of tables are there in the db2 database?

550






I have many files which i am receiving from client everyday. I have one step for every file to check for empty or not. Here client gives 30 files i need to check for every file for empty or not and i need to perform 30 steps. Can I do it in single step. Dynamically i need to change the File name in my step.

726


1)In a pf if we delete a record then how to insert a new record at the same place in that pf?? any logic or code? 2)A batch job is taking a lot of time to run,found that it is going into loop and wrapping up so how to skip that loop and process the job without changing the code? 3)In which scenario C D I R comes and C D G F comes in a job? 4)If a job came to error while processing a file how we can know at which record the error hit and how to skip that record and process other records without changing program code?

3064


What is the purpose of the dd keylen parameter?

718


What is a set? What pointers are required, what are possible? How may sets be ordered?

980


What is the full form of adabas?

561


Explain the function of entry-sequenced data set?

534


how many types of display are available on as/400 for user interaction?

634


How we will get issues on AS/400 technology ? I mean which issue/Defect Tracking tool is using in all companies when any issue comes? Can anybody explain about the work flow of AS/400 project ? plzzz

1154


Why did you choose to work with ibm mainframe cobol programming?

627


Can you define commarea?

557