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What is the output of the following command given in tso/ispf terminal?

1025

How many registers we are using in mvs?

1201

What is need of start 0?

1130

How to get the last record in vsam file in cluster? And how can u get the ksds file records into cobol program?

1035

How to get the last record in vsam file in cluster? And how can you get the ksds file records into cobol program?

1174

What is sqlca and why is it needed in any cobol-db2 program?

1 1778

When is inspect verb is used in cobol?

1258

What is the difference between goback, stop run and exit program in cobol?

1591

What is distributed relational database architecture? And components?

1000

Explain ibm z?

1021

What is difference between static call and dynamic call?

1031

What is database descriptor?

1022

How do you find whether any generations exist under a gdg base?

1051

Can we give +2 instead of +1 while creating a new gdg file?

965

How joinkeys helps in sort?

992

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

Why do you need a secondary index in an ims?

964

what is difference between cobol and cobol/400

22928

What do you understand by the term notcat 2 – gs?

1243

What are the types of record locks and how are they set?

1600

How does jcl act on a cobol code?

1184

I have a File that has duplicate records. I need only those records that occur more than thrice.?

9890

Write the code to count the sum of n natural numbers.

1209

What is the difference between the mro & isc?

1042

what is the meaning of each of the values in shareopts(2 3)?

1030

What are catalog tables in db2?

1050

I want to set position for a particular text in a certain position in several of my cics maps.Please provide me with a solution. Ex: If "F1-Help" has to be set to pos(4,27) always in all the maps within a PDS.

2316

how to get the cursor position?

1147

What is the advantage of defragmentation?

967

is there an aix version of oorexx?

992

Define perform? And its types?

987

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