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MainFrame Interview Questions

Questions Answers Views Company eMail

What is idms-restart ?

1479

What is the meaning of the return codes 0307 and 0326?

1 3499

How can we debug cobol pgm containig idms using xpeditor?

1505

Is it possible to obtain a record from IDMS database without mentioning the record-name itself?

1330

How to write a IDMS code to find whose employee last name is starting with J and first name starts with H?

1348

What is an OOK-Rec?

1700

Explain the difference between record occurrence and record type?

2056

What is an area sweep and when is it used?

1542

What is the difference between local and central version operating modes?

1308

When you are obtaining next within a set and get a end of set return code, on what record are you now current?

1406

What are IDMS set of occurances?

1346

Does Disconnect and Connect creates page lock in IDMS ?

1456

What does a COMMIT statement do?

1384

How can you submit a job through cobol program?

1523

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

1367

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

what is use of dcb parameter in dd statement?

1298

which cics command must be issued by the application program in order to gain access to the common work area (cwa)?

1135

Mention the different locking levels that are available in db2.

1128

What is the need of a secondary index in IMS?

1060

What is a db2 collection?

1036

What is use of IBM framework?

2113

How to get the cursor position when we receive a map?

1076

what is the purpose of coding class parameter in job statement?

1263

How do I create a view in db2?

1022

What are the contents of dclgen?

1109

Outputs of explain are with matchcols = 0. What does this signify?

1052

can you specify some the distinctive features of a ksds, key sequenced dataset?

1025

what are the common errors that occured while programming in AS/400?

1531

What is rmode(24)

1137

there are seven idcams commands in vsam. Can you name and explain each of them?

1108

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