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IBM MainFrame Interview Questions

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i friends greetings to the day...!!! I face a quation like"while runnig the programe every day i have to access the previous day updates only...!! Ex:- Let last day 100 customers took bank account i have to select those customers only.."

CSC,

4 9909

Can any one tell me about Restart logic in DB2.

2 7292

Do we need cursor for Count(*)?

iGate,

4 9013

select * from orders where odate between '2010-01-01'and '2010-03-31' How do u fetch this into cursor?

2 5750

what is the difference between Null compression and default compression?

JPMorgan Chase,

3 17928

What is copy book?

Thomson Reuters,

1 5235

How do you override a parameter in Positional parameters?

Thomson Reuters,

4 9958

hi,i have joined in mainframe course recently. ihave a doubt ragarding restart parameter.what is d use of it. and what is d syntax for it. any one give me d answer pls.

3 5713

Explain Restart Logic in Cobol?

L&T, Syntel,

1 10736

What is the size of s9(19)comp3? explain

8 13866

Write a query to retrive partial string.

2 5698

hw to create 3 dimensional array & hw to access it?

1 6058

plz any one tell clearly the justify right clause?

1 4943

created cluster using IDCAMS ..that is empty ..when i write a program for read using Input ..wil it open the cluster or gives any error?

HCL,

2 8562

In an array processing what is the thing that can be done by using subscripts but not by using index

JPMorgan Chase,

4 14153

Un-Answered Questions { IBM MainFrame }

Explain about cursor stability?

1046

What is z os in mainframe?

988

Define static linking and dynamic linking.

1185

how to refer the data field?

2266

Define cebr?

1099

What are the cics tables?

1081

How do you overcome this limitation ?

1201

What is the default page size of buffer pools?

1120

What is the use of with ur in db2?

1052

What is view db2?

1065

Comment whether dclgen is mandatorily used. If not, then what is the point of using it?

1055

For a db2 column that is being defined as decimal (11, 2), discuss the cobol picture clause.

1100

What rules are to be followed while using the corresponding options?

1058

What does a deadlock mean in DB2?

1160

What is the purpose of dd dummy statement?

1460

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