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what are the six different type of argument values in cobol that can be placed in various options of a cics command?

IBM,

1276

what is eib, how is can be used?

IBM,

1101

what are the thress bms options?

IBM,

1223

specify the requirements for automatic task initiation. (Mention the control table, it is entries and the corresponding procedure division cics command).?

IBM,

1150

what is effect on receive map when

IBM,

1263

mention the option (along with argument type) used in a cics command to retrieve the response code after execution of the command?

IBM,

1177

what is an mdt (modified data tag)? Its menaing and use?

IBM,

1127

what are the differences between temporary storage queue (tsq) and transient data quene (tdq)?

IBM,

1225

what are the differences between and exec cics xctl and an exec cics link command?

IBM,

1296

mention the option used in the cics read command to gain accessibility directly to the file i/o area. (Assume cobol-ii).?

IBM,

1098

what are the two ways of breaking a cpu bound process to allow other task to gain access to cpu?

IBM,

1 1713

what are the commands used to gain exclusive control over a resource?

IBM,

1210

when you compile a cics program, the (pre) compiler puts an extra chunk of code. Where does it get included and that is it called? What is its length?

IBM,

1105

what is the differences between getting the system time with eibtime and asktime command?

IBM,

1132

when an apllication is invoked via the exec cics start command with the from option, how does the application gain access to the common area?

IBM,

1071

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

What is the advantage in De-normalizing tables in DB2?

1166

How would display prime numbers using CL program?

6313

Can one database have multiple instances?

1048

What is the interactive job? What is the batch job? How to change the batch job to interactive job?

993

What is ims (db/dc)?

1044

How are composite and multiple indexes different?

1003

What is a run unit in idms?

857

What is plan in cobol db2?

1132

what is the meaning of dynamic processing in vsam?

1041

What parameter directs the output of the job log dataset?

1276

What is dbrm? What it contains? When it will be created?

1045

what is use of linkage section?

1084

What is the need to code commits in batch programs?

1141

List out the buffer pools in db2

1071

What is iseries database?

1046

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