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how to solve u4038 abbend?........

Atos Origin, TCS,

3 27014

when you will get abend U0077?

CSC,

2 19888

HI THIS IS ANIL. HOW TO PASS A RECORDS OF A FILE(PS OR PDS) TO AN ARRAY?

2 5687

What is the difference between sb37,se37,sd37 each?

TCS,

9 38200

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 ?

2302

i have three programs... I used Dfhcommarea in for first program for third program i used TSQ .....what i have to use for second program???

2 5974

Im creating map, when i press tab key cursor must skip second position and it move to the third field directly. how can i code plz send the answer.

Cap Gemini,

4 11156

What is DYNAMBR in jcl?

CTS,

2 15065

How do u initialize an array?

CTS,

2 14760

How do u sort the table for Search ALL? Is it only using ASCENDING KEY IS statement in occurs clause? If the data is input in non ascending order, will the ASC KEY IS automatically sort the data? or will it throw compile time error?

CTS,

1 10861

If i initialize the 01 level variable in array, will it initialize all the array elements (occurs)?

CTS,

8 25696

What is an RBA in rrds? What does it do? What is it used for?

CTS,

5 11879

In db2, how do you insert multiple rows in 1 query using a.) Cursors, b.) Normal query?? Give syntax for both.

CTS,

5 20180

What happens if i move +1 (instead of -1) to field+L in CICS? Will it show compile time error?

CTS,

6 10533

How do you fetch current date in normal cobol pgm and in cobol-db2 pgm?

Cap Gemini, CTS,

3 21332

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

How many bytes does a s9(7) sign trailing separate field occupy ?

1127

Is db2 a mainframe?

1044

Is automatic restart possible in jcl? If yes, how?

1116

Define ceci?

1110

can we view the access paths created by dbrm ? how ? thx

7100

What is package in cobol db2?

1119

explain how many ways you can load data in a vsam cluster?

1046

What is the max length of sqlca?

1216

What is a storage group (stogroup)?

1246

Explain how and where is the twa size set?

1089

Differentiate between the joblib and the steplib statements?

1439

we cant write data into file using cl program then what is sndf

1660

How to override a dsn that is contained in a proc called by another proc? I need to do the override in the calling jcl?

1162

What do you mean by commit and rollback?

1046

We have job which is running as batch. It takes atleast 06 hours to complete tht job. But I wanna do tht job with in 3 hours?

1250

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