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In a program, variables are used but no DB2 involved in it. Can you call it as host variables??

EDS,

4 8376

Hi All, Can anyone tell me how we can MOVE value of a X(19) variable to a S9(17) COMP-3 variable? Answer with an Example will be of great help.

EDS,

6 27482

Hi All, how is sign is stored in S9(17) comp-3 variable. Answer with an Example will be of great help.

EDS,

5 15436

i have the job which has written updated 100 records into the table and for 101th record it got abended and i want to start the job again and should wirte from 101th record not from 1st record..how to do it..?

6 12513

what are the control characters used in reports

1 5479

1.Can we define condition-name conditions in FD entry.

11 15633

1.What is the limit of linkage section?

4 21563

can we use the two 01 level in file discription ?

6 10190

Hai friends why we need to read a file before re-write a record?

L&T,

7 13355

what are the limitations of Inline Perform?

Zensar,

3 8829

What is IMPACT analysis?

IBM,

2 13793

We have 3 programms A,B,C.In the middle of the program A the controls goes to program B and in the middle of the program B control wants to go program C,after completion of program C again control comes to program B and again after completion of program B control comes to program A.How the process will takes and what are the controls we use for that process.If it is possible anybody of you explain with example?

IBM,

5 10970

how to submit a jcl by cobol program. clear me with an example.

HCL,

3 18543

Explain about level numbers?

3 17517

Explain about Redefines cluse?

iGate,

3 7292

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What are 77 levels used for?

1106

What is the usage of comp fields in cobol?

1182

Write a cobol program making use of the redefine clause.

1178

Which is the default, TEST BEFORE or TEST AFTER for a PERFORM statement?

1352

Define cobol?

1398

What is the difference between external and global variables in COBOL?

1460

I have File 1 occurs 5 times with Employee-ID,Employee-Name,Employee-Dept (EEE and MECH). I have File 2 occurs 10 times with Employee-ID,Employee-Name,Employee-Dept (EEE,CIVIL,CHEMICAL and MECH). In FIle 1 and FIle 2 , for matching Employee-DEPT (Only MECH) , we need to move entire records from file1 to file 2. We should not use 2D array. Your help is needed here.

1566

State the various causes of s0c1, s0c5 and s0c7.

1079

What the difference is between continue and next sentence?

1160

what is amode(24), amode(31), rmode(24) and rmode(any)?

1144

What is the difference between goback, stop run and exit program in cobol?

1588

what is the use of outrecord?

2215

What are the different rules for performing sort operation?

1223

Why did you choose to work with ibm mainframe cobol programming?

1099

Explain how to differentiate call by context by comparing it to other calls?

1184

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