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WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. 1 GROUP-ITEM. 05 AMOUNT-1 PIC 99V9 USAGE COMP VALUE 50. 05 AMOUNT-2 PIC 9(4)V99 USAGE COMP. PROCEDURE DIVISION. MOVE ZERO TO GROUP-ITEM. ADD 50 TO AMOUNT-1. DISPLAY AMOUNT-1. STOP RUN.

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consider the following progrm statements MOVE 0 TO SW.NO.OF.REC PERFORM PRI-OUT UNTIL SW=1 DISPALY NO.OF.REC STOP RUN PRE-OUT READ IN-FILE AT END MOVE 1 TO SW WRITE OUO-REC FROM IN-REC ADD 1 TO NO.OF REC if the IN-FILE contains 1000 records what value will be displayed after the PERFORM is over? assume that N0.OF.REC has PIC 9(4) a.1000 b.1001 c.1 d.none of the above

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//S10 EXEC PGM=ICETOOL //TOOLMSG DD SYSOUT=* //DFSMSG DD SYSOUT=* //CON DD DSN=VAR.INPUT1,DISP=SHR // DD DSN=VAR.INPUT2,DISP=SHR //OUT DD DSN=VAR.OUTPUT,DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE), // SPACE=(CYL,(5,5)),UNIT=SYSDA //TOOLIN DD * * Splice the needed data from the two VB files together SPLICE FROM(CON) TO(OUT) ON(5,5,CH) WITHALL - WITH(12,5) WITH(22,20) VLENMAX /*

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Explain about REXX

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Explain about ISPF/TSO Commands

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Explain about LMINIT - generate a data ID for a data set

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Explain about LMOPEN -

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Explain about LMCOPY -

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Explain about LMMFIND - find a library member

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Explain about LMMLIST�list a library's members

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Explain about LMGET�read a logical record from a data set

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Explain about LMPUT-

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Explain about LMQUERY�give a dialog information about a data set

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Explain about LMCLOSE�close a data set

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Explain about LMFREE�free data set from its association with data ID

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Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

Explain how can an in-stream dataset be terminated?

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I have one ps file in which there are 3 fileds emp_no,emp_name and leave_app.this ps file information give the detail of employee which is going to apply for leave.suppose emp_no=113430,emp_name=ajay,leave_app=1 that means he is going to apply for 1 day leave.and accordingling the table in db2 will be updated means if he has that no of leave in his account then he will get dat leave and updated acc. in table(leave_balance=previous leave present in table-leave_app).Now i want to check whther the updated result is correct or not by comparing the two ps file using IEBCOMPARE or icetool so what is going to be the two ps file and how its is going to be compare.

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Differentiate between structured cobol programming and object-oriented cobol programming.

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

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what is logical file?

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in which specification the report layout can be defined?

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What is the term conversational programs means?

1016

Explain the function of //cntl statement?

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How to index LF by relative record no (RRN)

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What does reorg do in db2?

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What do you mean by the term fct?

978

Explain the function of entry-sequenced data set?

1034

what is uni-rexx?

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define a output queue?

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What is meant by drda?

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