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IBM MainFrame Interview Questions

Questions Answers Views Company eMail

can i give 9(10) in comp 3 instead of s9(10) ? if i can give wht would be ths ans

DELL,

2 7635

wht is load module and object module ?

DELL, TCS,

2 14965

wht is structured cobol pgm and non structred cobol pgm ?

CTS, DELL,

1 4080

how can we get current dat and time thru cobol pgm

DELL,

3 11703

how can i see junk values in dclgen or in hostvariable of comp ?

DELL,

3057

in catalog procedure i have step1 dd dsn=filea dd dsn=fileb dd dsn=filec ur concatenaning all the files. but i need to override fileb with file 2 ? can anyone give the ans pls for ths

DELL,

1 6861

wht steps we need will coding cobol and db2 pgm ?

CGI,

6 10627

can any one give good example for cond 88 level number and for renames pls urgent dudes ?

DELL,

3 8921

how will u code parm parameter and where pls ?

DELL,

3 8025

wht is the difference between goto and perform stmts

DELL,

7 36352

wht is the diff b/w if and evaluate stmts ?

DELL,

2 6519

wht is the d/f between positional parameter n keyword parameter ?

1 20658

db2 restart logic ?

DELL, HTC, UHG,

1 12370

which one is better among static call and dynamic call?

3 7389

what are stage one indexable predicates?

1 6380

Un-Answered Questions { IBM MainFrame }

What is difference between isnull and coalesce?

1122

What is declare cursor?

1180

What is dbrm?

1191

What are some of the cics commands associated with interval control?

1102

Explain the difference between record occurrence and record type?

2126

What is the main function of key-sequenced data set?

1086

How to execute a query in qmf at a particular time?

1006

What is db2 catalog database?

1097

What is the role of the data page in the db2 database?

1092

How to read and write a single record into a file. I would like to use it to enter a single 8-character piece of information and use it to put it into a variable for processing in JCL. Thank you

1137

What is dbrm? When it will be created?

1098

specify the requirements for automatic task initiation. (Mention the control table, it is entries and the corresponding procedure division cics command).?

1202

What are the prerogatives?

1142

What is the term bms in cics?

1303

what are the differences between temporary storage queue (tsq) and transient data quene (tdq)?

1272

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