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What is amode(31)

1174

Explain how will you differentiate between an internal and an external sort, the pros and cons, internal sort syntax etc

1253

What is the difference between a binary search and a sequential search what are the pertinent cobol?

1138

What is a scope terminator give example?

1112

What is the difference between comp and comp-3?

1185

Difference between cobol and cobol-ii?

1279

What are literals?

1136

What kind of error is trapped by on size error option?

1243

What are the different data types in cobol?

1444

Can we redefine the field of x(200) to less than 200?

1377

What is the local-storage section?

1148

What is the difference between perform … with test after and perform … with test before?

1455

What are the different open modes available in cobol?

1193

What is the difference between subscript and index?

1 1799

What is cobol?

1238

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

Yes. Because the alternate key would first locate the primary key, which in turn locates the actual record. Needs twice the number of I/Os.

2422

How to pass data to a program that is coded in an exec statement?

1335

what are transient data sets defined to cics?

1177

Explain index cardinality?

1060

what does defn do?

1084

How gdg are concatenated?

1119

what is diffrence b/w file-aid tool and file-aid utility???

4892

How is data retrieved from multiple tables using a single sql statement?

1032

In which area will you utilize 88 level items in cobol?

1165

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

1157

What are the rules of the move verb?

1269

What's The Error Code For Unique Index Voilation?

1239

What is the use of access method services in vsam?

1059

What is catalog database in db2?

1165

Write the code implementing the perform … varying.

1070

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