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

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IBM MainFrame Interview Questions

Questions Answers Views Company eMail

how many types of sorts are there in jcl?

IBM,

2 6892

the command to open a dataset directly from the JCL instead of opening it separately using 3.4 option.

IBM,

7 26029

SQLCODE = -199, ERROR: ILLEGAL USE OF KEYWORD CHAR, TOKEN KEY was expected

11673

What is the component?what are the different components there using cobol and cics

IBM, SPIC,

2 8219

i have 10,000 records in one input file.i want to sort 1 to 5000 records in one outputfile and remaining records sort in another output file write the syntax for this?

DELL,

4 21126

what is db2 restart?

2149

what is the difference between COBOL2 AND COBOL390?

L&T,

3049

Matching Logic in Jcl not in cobol.Could any one please answer this question

4152

I have a subprogram B calling from mainprogram A.I have opened a cursor in A ,Can i fetch the same cursor in subprogram B , If yes , Please explain the reason?

HeadStrong,

2386

I have a subprogram B calling from mainprogram A.I have opened a cursor in A ,Can i fetch the same cursor in subprogram B , If yes , Please explain the reason?

HeadStrong,

1 9436

How can i load all the data from a file to Table (array) in cobol.How i manage the occurs clause with out reading the file.Any options avilable ? Please can any one help me it is urgent?

HeadStrong,

2580

how can we merge two input files from two different jobs into one output file ? Please ans any one ASAP?

1 4695

Suppose i have a variable with s9(18)v99 comp3 . what is the size of variable . If s9(18) comp3 is 10 bytes . There should be some difference between two allocations ? Thanks krishna chaitanya

CSC,

2 15243

how to put a dependency on job in jcl using opc scheduler?

CTC,

1 21046

Can a Db2 table data be retrived through JCL?

4 8622

Un-Answered Questions { IBM MainFrame }

what is need of start 0? In steed of

1092

What is meant by explain?

1125

What is the use of with ur in db2?

1052

Can you define commarea?

974

what do you mean by recovery and speed parameters in define cluster command?

1103

which is the cics control program that provides communication services between user written application programs and terminals?

994

My Question is 1. How to cound no. of records in JCL. Please explain with an example. 2. How to execute only odd steps in JCL? I know EDIT TYPE = Inculde, Step Name = 1,3,5 and COND code for all even step. Anyone knows other than this.

2464

What is the syntax of JCL statement?

1230

What is speed parameters in define cluster command?

1033

Can you define transid?

1023

Where can you declare a cursor in a cobol-db2 program?

1070

What is the binary search?

947

What are the different dataset organizations used in vsam?

991

Explain the difference between using the read command with into option and set option?

1022

What parameter directs the output of the job log dataset?

1276

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