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MainFrame Interview Questions

Questions Answers Views Company eMail

What is a set? How may sets be ordered?

797

What is ook-rec?

862

Explain about set currency?

820

Explain about record currency?

821

Explain about run unit currency?

840

Explain about area currency?

815

What is dbkey?

837

Explain about few error status codes of idms.

847

Discuss some of the terminology of idms.

881

Difference between fixed length and variable length records.

802

Explain storage architecture of idms.

807

Is automatic restart possible in jcl?

1169

How jcl work to handle various input output file operations?

1114

Is their any set of rules for dd? Explain.

1140

What is use of restart and how to use it?

1279

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

What is the maximum number of columns in a db2 table?

1240

I have a job called careerride and some steps in it as step1,step2. But I want to execute step2 before step1 ? How do I do that?

1345

Does Disconnect and Connect creates page lock in IDMS ?

1432

What is task control?

1102

what is use of dcb parameter in dd statement?

1269

Tell me can we update with histogram?

1058

Define a junction record in idms?

806

Explain how you can characterize tables in cobol?

1030

what does dfu program you to do on a record?

1186

What will be the result if on size error phrase is declared?

913

Explain the difference between section, paragraph and sentences?

928

What are the uses of db2 optimizer?

1257

How to declare host variables?

961

What is the difference between cursor stability and repeatable read isolation levels?

1141

What is a set? How may sets be ordered?

797

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