IBM MainFrame Interview Questions
Questions Answers Views Company eMail

What happens when you issue a ESCAPE ROUTINE in a program ? Will there be any compilation /Run time error.

Shaam,

2 13154

You are processing an input file in a Natural program and you want the program to fail if the file is empty. What command you use in Natural to force it to fail ?

IBM, TCS,

6 13823

what happens when a copybook variables are declared using include statement ?

IBM,

3 7320

Hi this is sures. i need to practice the ibm mainframes.could u telme how can i get userid from IBM.how much cost they will collect for one user id.can send me the details please.thanq

2 4674

where will we code call by content and call by reference dude pls reply soon ?

2 5407

how can u find out just by seeing wheater it is main program or sub program ? any two ways to identify reply soon ?

2 5508

which is faster either static call or dynamic call ? and specify the reasons for it ? reply fast

1 4647

wht do u mean by (*,intrdr) wht is * used for ?

2 11116

is there any utility for restarting a particular step in jcl reply soon ?

5 10683

how to get 'time stamp' in cics prgms ,what is the syntax.

1 13655

What is the difference between receive and receivemap commands in CICS?

1 5646

wht r s722,s822,s122 and s222 abends pls reply fast

Wipro,

1 26613

i have an employment table whch has salary,dept,name? i want salary b/w 1000 to 5000 can anyone pls say the query for ths ?

Cap Gemini, CGI, EDS, IBM, Satyam, Wipro,

8 11825

how can we code index in an array of cobol pgm?

Wipro,

1 6714

how can we fetch 3 records in cobol pgm any coding pls ?

CGI,

3 8127


Un-Answered Questions { IBM MainFrame }

What is the pcp in the cics?

524


How to write a IDMS code to find whose employee last name is starting with J and first name starts with H?

980


Explain eib?

528


What are catalog tables in db2?

610


How you can characterize tables in cobol?

721






how to handle -911 (deadlock) error in a db2 program so that the program will never abend?

583


How do I add a column to a table in db2?

625


How many ways are there for initiating a transaction?

594


What will happen if we drop the base register in the program which contains only one basereg?

579


What is the maximum of key fields and search fields allowed in a segment?

570


Hi, While I am trying to produce a html report from SAS interactive screen, I am always getting an error. I have attached the result of interactive execution with this. Please help me on this. NOTE: All profile changes will be lost at the end of the session. 1 *libname ia 'U19K.CAPS.SAS'; 2 3 /*Data declaration*/ 4 data work.staff; 5 infile 'U19K.CAPS.SAS (RAWDATA1)'; 6 input LastName $ 1-10 FirstName $ 11- 20 7 JobTitle $ 21-23 Salary 24- 28 8 BirthDat $ 29-37 Gender $ 38 9 run; 10 11 /*Basic "format" statement*/ 12 /*assign range of values to a variable and use it*/ 13 /*'$' should be used for a alphanumeric manipulation*/ NOTE: The infile 'U19K.CAPS.SAS(RAWDATA1)' is: Dsname=U19K.CAPS.SAS (RAWDATA1), Unit=3390,Volume=XTD007,Disp=SHR,Blksize=6160, Lrecl=80,Recfm=FB NOTE: 20 records were read from the infile 'U19K.CAPS.SAS (RAWDATA1)'. NOTE: The data set WORK.STAFF has 20 observations and 7 variables. NOTE: The DATA statement used 0.01 CPU seconds and 7537K. NOTE: The address space has used a maximum of 3676K below the line and 15196K above the line. 14 proc format; 15 value Salrange low- 10000='Below' 16 10001- 20000='Medium' 17 20001- High='Above'; NOTE: Format SALRANGE has been output. 18 value $Gender F='Female' 19 M='Male'; NOTE: Format Ă…GENDER has been output. 20 run; NOTE: The PROCEDURE FORMAT used 0.00 CPU seconds and 7523K. NOTE: The address space has used a maximum of 3676K below the line and 15196K above the line. 21 22 /*ODS-Output delivery system to create html file*/ 23 ods listing close; 24 ods html file='C:\Documents and Settings\u19k\Desktop\html1.html'; NOTE: Writing HTML Body file: C:\Documents and Settings\u19k\Desktop\html1.html ERROR: Invalid file, C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\U19K\DESKTOP\HTML1.HTML. WARNING: No body file. HTML output will not be created. 25 26 /*Basic "label" statement*/ 27 proc print data=work.staff split=''; 28 label LastName='Last Name' 29 FirstName='First Name' 30 JobTitle='Job Title' 31 Salary='Annual Salary'; 32 format Salary Salrange. Gender $Gender.; 33 var LastName FirstName JobTitle Salary Gender; 34 title 'Employee database'; 35 run; WARNING: No output destinations active. NOTE: The PROCEDURE PRINT used 0.00 CPU seconds and 10275K. NOTE: The address space has used a maximum of 3676K below the line and 15196K above the line. 36 37 /*ODS-html closing*/ 38 ods html close; 39 ods listing;

2387


When will a port of ooRexx to "XYZ" be available?

530


What is rebind in db2?

576


State the maximum number of tables that can be joined?

578


Explain how can a jobs execution priority be modified?

743