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WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. 1 GROUP-ITEM. 05 AMOUNT-1 PIC 99V9 USAGE COMP VALUE 50. 05 AMOUNT-2 PIC 9(4)V99 USAGE COMP. PROCEDURE DIVISION. MOVE ZERO TO GROUP-ITEM. ADD 50 TO AMOUNT-1. DISPLAY AMOUNT-1. STOP RUN.

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consider the following progrm statements MOVE 0 TO SW.NO.OF.REC PERFORM PRI-OUT UNTIL SW=1 DISPALY NO.OF.REC STOP RUN PRE-OUT READ IN-FILE AT END MOVE 1 TO SW WRITE OUO-REC FROM IN-REC ADD 1 TO NO.OF REC if the IN-FILE contains 1000 records what value will be displayed after the PERFORM is over? assume that N0.OF.REC has PIC 9(4) a.1000 b.1001 c.1 d.none of the above

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//S10 EXEC PGM=ICETOOL //TOOLMSG DD SYSOUT=* //DFSMSG DD SYSOUT=* //CON DD DSN=VAR.INPUT1,DISP=SHR // DD DSN=VAR.INPUT2,DISP=SHR //OUT DD DSN=VAR.OUTPUT,DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE), // SPACE=(CYL,(5,5)),UNIT=SYSDA //TOOLIN DD * * Splice the needed data from the two VB files together SPLICE FROM(CON) TO(OUT) ON(5,5,CH) WITHALL - WITH(12,5) WITH(22,20) VLENMAX /*

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Explain about REXX

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Explain about ISPF/TSO Commands

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Explain about LMINIT - generate a data ID for a data set

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Explain about LMOPEN -

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Explain about LMCOPY -

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Explain about LMMFIND - find a library member

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Explain about LMMLIST�list a library's members

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Explain about LMGET�read a logical record from a data set

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Explain about LMPUT-

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Explain about LMQUERY�give a dialog information about a data set

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Explain about LMCLOSE�close a data set

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Explain about LMFREE�free data set from its association with data ID

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Un-Answered Questions { IBM MainFrame }

What is netezza database?

972

what is the use of outrecord?

2164

What are iseries servers?

1027

What is the syntax of JCL statement?

1172

How do I optimize a query in db2?

1053

We can use PASS with permanent datasets also. THEN Which is the condition in which we may use PASS (instead of KEEP) with permanent data sets, while there is no need to specify UNIT and VOL for them like temporary data sets (in cas we use KEEP for permanent data sets) ?

2356

In an sql table that is embedded, what is the procedure to retrieve rows that are part of a db2 table?

1060

What is rct?

1184

Name and explain the three location modes?

1320

How do you find whether any generations exist under a gdg base?

996

What is ook-rec?

858

What is a system catalog table in db2?

1124

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

1307

Explain how can you do the explain of a dynamic sql statement?

1080

What is notcat 2 - gs?

1427

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