MainFrame Interview Questions, Answers for Freshers and Experienced asked in various Company Job Interviews

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MainFrame Interview Questions

Questions Answers Views Company eMail

there is any limit to display the members in rpg400?

3 11584

how to display all the members records in a physical file without using ovrdbf?

9 25209

suppose if we want to update the data in cl what we will do?

9 16233

can u execute a proc from another proc?

Logica CMG,

5 13616

Hi all, I have a following requirement to write the cobol program. I have to load the 129 variables from input sequential file which are in excel sheet to the cobol inernal table. and after loading into table i have to compare this data with the business file. here compare means controlling the data whether the format(numeric,alpha) is same in the business file and in the table??? i have the same data in input and business file. could anyone please give me any idea of the logic?// i have all the 129 different variables(129rows,1 column)is there .

IBM, Syntel, TCS,

4 13033

We have 100 steps in a procedure and we need to run the jcl and execute only 25th step in the proc and not the remaining steps. How can we do it?

IBM, JPMorgan Chase,

5 18353

how do you invoke an IMS screen (coded in COOOLGEN) from a MQ transaction..... help plz?????

Syntel,

2624

how can we write LF using flatfile.

9 21769

How to pass return codes from cobol to jcl?

5 21997

What will happens when a BMP programs takes a checkpoints?

2 8404

Can a REDEFINES clause be used along with an OCCURS clause? if yes, 01 WS-TABLE. 03 WS-TABLE-EL OCCURS 5 TIMES PIC X(1) VALUE 'A'. 03 WS-EX REDEFINES WS-TABLE-EL PIC X(5). What can you expect? if no,why?

6 20336

Is this allowed? 01 WS-TABLE. 03 FILLER-X PIC X(5) VALUE 'AAAAA'. 03 WS-EX REDEFINES FILLER-X OCCURS 5 TIMES PIC X(1). can redefines clause be used with occurs clause?

4 10656

what is the minimum number of lines a Cobol program should have to successfully compile and run

7 13990

what is the minimum number of lines a Cobol program should have to successfully compile and run

ABC, Societe Generale,

11 24492

IN MY JCL I VE 8 STEPS I WANT TO EXCUTE STEP 8 FIRST THEN EXCUTE STEP 4 ,HOW WILL EXCUTE STEP 8 BEFORE STEP 4?

Cognizant, IBM, IGT,

7 32810

Un-Answered Questions { MainFrame }

Explain the uses that are associated to tsq and tdq ?

1087

What is the purpose of idcams?

1049

what if my system I runs with system value qccsid 65535?

1047

Explain about area currency?

853

Mention the different locking levels that are available in db2.

1138

What is the significance of addrspc parameter in exec statement?

1210

What is the difference between general testing and mainframe testing?

1112

What is db2 optimizer?

1239

How to find occurrence of mu and pe fields in a file?

893

is there an aix version of oorexx?

994

What is currency in idms?

965

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

2947

Tell about the ams used in vsam?

1178

When you are working with the project.. once your coding is over what will u do? where u r maintaining your CR(change request) what is the format what are the documents u need to prepare while testing?

2003

Can I redefine an x(100) field with a field of x(200)?

966

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