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Questions Answers Views Company eMail

What is the difference between an obtain next and obtain first in idms?

948

What is an area sweep?

949

Explain the difference between local and central version operating modes?

901

What is the function of finish in idms?

978

Explain the difference between a schema and a subschema in idms?

899

Explain how does idms communicate with cics?

996

What is the return codes 0307 and 0326?

1036

What is the copy idms subschema-binds in idms?

910

Define a region in idms?

944

When an area sweep is used?

908

What is the copy idms subschema-binds?

902

What is meant by idd in idms?

1032

What is the function of rollback in idms?

967

What is a set in idms?

918

Explain the three location modes?

965

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

What are the two types of fields available in ims db?

1066

What is the syncpoint command?

1305

how are start and xctl different?

1015

Is the order of the when clause significant in an evaluate statement?

1055

How can you submit a job through cobol program?

1596

What is difference between static and dynamic call in cobol?

1475

What is drda ?

1226

What is need of start 0? In steed of can we use anyother numerics? If we use what will happen?

1116

What is difference between rollback and commit?

1221

Explain ims software environment?

1049

Explain difference between read work file 1 and read work file once? Why we are using work file once?

1024

how do you fire a batch job from a cics txn ?

1113

Define cobol coding sheet?

1067

What is db2 optimizer?

1316

How to List the Available Tables?

1740

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