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What is the actual use of fillers?

926

What are the types of perform?

981

What is a continuation triple?

What is the use of limit sys?

How to create a link between multiple maps in a mapset?

Cursors can be declared in both working-storage & procedure division, agreed. But is there any difference? If could you please suggest what is the difference

1359

How to know the particular record in pf with out reading?

1030

How to update physical file using logical file with example?

1030

Why journalling is compulsory before commitment control?

1 1942

What is the purpose of the chain and setll and setgt?

1009

I have physical file with 100 records,there is no any duplicate records in this pf.based on this pf one logical file I have used.but this lf is viewing only 80 records only of that pf?what is the reason for this?

1080

I had created one physical file tell me command to enter data in to?

1 1691

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

970

How to find the list of source physical files in a library?

1070

How to change the batch job to interactive job?

949

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

What are the cics transactions?

991

What is the function of a dd statement?

1165

If the cursor is kept open followed the issuing of commit, what is the procedure to leave the cursor that way?

1107

What is a continuation triple?

Name the cics command that gives the length of twa area?

956

Can you tell me how can you find out the # of rows updated after an update statement?

1065

Are view updateable?

1003

What is meant by union and union all?

970

What is the meaning of the enq command?

1047

Explain eib?

883

Explain the jcl exec statement?

1107

what is use of linkage section?

1045

If a ceo wants to see all employees of the company from an online screen. How will be the design of the map from the developer point of view?

989

File not opened because library is *PROD and debug is UPDPROD(*NO). ? what may be the reason? how to solve it..?

2887

What is the difference between drop table and delete table?

1158

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