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MainFrame Interview Questions

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What is open data path? And what is the difference between access path and open data path?

1 1928

How to retrieve a physical file after deleting that?

1 1181

Suppose I have a pf,it contains 5 members,how to access particular member data from logical file ?and what is the use of member in pf?

1 1105

What is the interactive job?

1 1080

Can we concatenate fields in physical file? If yes how can we do?

1 1119

What is the batch job?

1 1049

How to know logical file belongs to which physical file without source?

1 2340

When we create a pf and did not fill up maint parameter, then by default which access path will the system take & why?

1 1160

What is the purpose of dd * statement in jcl?

1 1343

Explain the difference between record occurrence and record type in idms?

1 949

What is a page in idms?

1 924

What is a run unit in idms?

1 928

What is the difference between a schema and a subschema in idms?

1 1343

When you are obtaining next within a set and get a end of set return code, on what record are you now current in idms?

1 874

What is a set in idms? What pointers are required, what are possible? How may sets be ordered?

1 938

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

pls send the docs of any telecommunication mainframe project

2208

The content of Physical file is as below: hfcftp wruquief SENDPASV 0 CDUP ASCII GET 01100901.CSV ramndk/ECP505.EC0110090 (REPLACE QUIT Thw above commands will get executed when we call STRTCPFTP from CL program.... Now if I want to use SFTP what can be the solution? plz reply in detail....Thank you for ny help... I m using RPG/ILERPG to download...

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have 3 tables table1, table2 and table3 which contains employee information. table1 is master table, table2 contains emp details like emp no and so on, table 3 contains emp salary. so if any emp leave company between 25th - 30th of every month it has to get updated in tables. but it is not getting updated. What is the reason.

1797

If I want to execute Sftp commands(LS & GET) stored in Physical file from CL program automatically...Can u Plz tell me how can I do this?...How the script will look?? THANX FOR NY HELP...

2836

i need a small 3d program using inline and outline.

2279

What is the latest version of ibm db2?

1352

how can you specify no duplicate key?

1221

Are you comfortable in cobol or jcl?

1098

If anyone has IBM Certification Dumps pls forward to me & also let me know what are the Certification Codes that are available in DB2

2103

what u mean by csrloc and rtncsrloc in rpgIV in as/400.Give an eg? to do...give some coding...what is row no and column no ???..if possible...give a no of lines coding....please

4533

any one have give AS400 study material? pls pass it to gopalsai789@gmail.com

1782

Is it rquired any server for Ibm framework? Give me list of Ibm framework & recent version IBm framework?

2309

List the type of locks and explain each of them.

985

How to convert a spool file to PDF file in AS400?

1302

can any body give me any website for getting help on mainframe projectts in banking domain.

2157

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