IBM MainFrame Interview Questions
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Consider the below example call a-test1. -- -- -- a-test1. if a=b perform a-test through a-exit next sentence else if b=c perform c-test through c-exit. if a=d perform d-test through d-exit. a-test. -- -- a-exit. exit. can u tell me what will happen if a=b after looping into a-exit will the control go back to a- test1. will the condition a=d be checked???

IBM,

5 5851

once we submitted the job to the operating system, how can we cancel the job before execution?

2 5126

are we use the group by clause in cursors?

Cap Gemini,

3 8777

what is the differences between spufi and qmf and which is better?

Accenture, Cap Gemini,

4 10140

here is my requirement A1 is alphanumeric with value 'A1B2C3D4' as defined below 05 A1 PIC X(8) VALUE IS 'A1B2C3D4' but i need to have A2,A3 as ABCD & 1234 repectively...... A2 = ABCD A3 = 1234 Can you please explain me what are the different ways to do it?

IBM,

2 6810

what is the difference between task and transaction in cics?

5 19830

suppose i have job it contains 10 steps after exicution of job failuer at 3 and 7 th steps i want exicute step 3 and step 7 only how we specify condition ?

5 7637

how we can reverse the string in the cobol for example satheesh can be reveresed as hseehtas

IBM,

3 47477

1.What is the default print format in cobol?

HSBC,

5 17172

. How do we cast a variable in COBOL

HSBC,

1 11601

is there any possibilities for sumbitting more than one job in single jcl? if yes...based on which thing they will execute..(priority,class,time,written order..?)

HSBC,

3 9272

I am getting the file from Unix to Mainframes for every 15 minutes. The mainframe job get abended with bad records coming from unix. I recovered that by deleting the bad data. I need permenant solution how to fix the issue? The record is getting characters in in first 9 positions which it should not. Please provide me the solution how to skip the records if it finds the charcters in the first 9 positions. K

3 5937

In case you modify the attribute field of map do you need to recompile the map?

RBS,

5 11170

I have two files , file1 is input file it contains 10,20,30,....,records but i want to display the records in file 2 as reverse order .how can we do by using jcl& cobol(dont use array) please any one can tell me the answer

GreenTree, IBM,

3 8512

how to increase the space of a dataset in instream procedure.

HCL,

1 7372


Un-Answered Questions { IBM MainFrame }

How to get the cursor position when we receive a map?

576


Cursors can be declared in both working-storage & procedure division, agreed. But is there any difference? If could you please suggest what is the difference

747


Explain how to initialize a register to 0000?

585


How to get the ddl of a table in db2?

675


How can an in-stream dataset be terminated?

844






What are the common tables in cics and their usage?

523


How to dsect parameter is used in bms?

700


What is the difference between oracle and db2?

583


What is bmp mode?

3117


What is the function of the dd avgrec keyword in sms datasets?

835


What is the difference between inrec and outrec?

636


What is a region in idms?

509


For protecting a transaction using the transaction security function, the two things that must be done are?

1801


Explain about run unit currency?

508


in ways data can be passed to a COBOL program from JCL?

663