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How to use the same cobol program in Batch and CICS onlines ? Please expalin with an example. Thanks in advance.

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In CICS/VSAM every file that is accessed should be defined in FCT. we have CICS READ, WRITE, BROWSE commands for VSAM files. How does it work with DB2 tables. It know it has to do with the plan. Please expain with examples.

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01 MOVE 10 TO N 05 PERFOM PARA1 TIMES STOP RUN WAT WILL HAPPEN?? WILL IT RUN INFINITELY OR AN ERROR WIL BE THER BECAUSE NO OF TIMES IS NOT GIVEN??

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RENAME clause takes new SPACE in memory.TRUE or FALSE? a)TRUE 2)FALSE

TCS,

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level number 77 is used to define a)group data b)elementary data c)redefine d)none

TCS,

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How to read a record from bottom of a file which is indexed by 'A'.

Oracle,

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a. Can the OPTIONAL clause in COBOL only be coded for input files? b. If it is coded for files opened in OUTPUT, I-O or EXTEND mode, will it give a compilation error? c. If there are no compilation errors and if such files are not coded in the JCL, will the OPEN statement run fine when these files are opened? d. How will a WRITE statement work for the above files?

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Can printer files (having 133 characters) be of variable length?

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Will the variable POS in the following code have a value of 2 or not? 01 POS PIC S9(4) COMP VALUE 2. 01 FIRST-NAME PIC X(10) VALUE 'ABC'. 01 LAST-NAME PIC X(10) VALUE 'XYZ'. 01 NAME PIC X(20) VALUE SPACES. STRING FIRST-NAME DELIMITED BY SPACES ' ' DELIMITED BY SIZE LAST-NAME DELIMITED BY SPACES INTO NAME WITH POINTER POS

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What is the difference between CALL BY VALUE and CALL BY CONTENT?

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is it possible to pass an SQL query inside a jcl which is inside a cobol program?

CTS,

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In a program, there are 2 sections defined say SECTION-A and SECTION-B. There is a paragraph say CALC-INT in both the sections. If this para has to be called directly for SECTION-A, then PERFORM CALC-INT will not work as it is present in both sections. How the PERFORM statement has to be coded here?

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Suppose a program has the following code. What will be the output? MAIN-PARA. DISPLAY 'MAIN-PARA' PERFORM SECTION-A. STOP RUN. SECTION-A. PARA-A1. DISPLAY 'SECTION A PARA A1'. PARA-A2. DISPLAY 'SECTION A PARA A2'.

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What will happen if a variable is declared as below.. Explain with an example? Working storage section:- 01 WS-VARX PIC X(10) VALUE 'ABCDEFGHIJ'. 01 WS-VARN REDEFINES WS-VARX PIC 9(5) VALUE '12345'. What will happen I want Display WS-VARX and WS-VARN?

Xansa,

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how to convert the recors form vsam file to db2 table tru file aid

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Write down the divisions of cobol program?

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how do you reference the printer file formats from cobol programs

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) how do u code after getting data?

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how to move the records from file to array table. give with code example

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Why would you use find and get rather than to obtain?

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What is the Purpose of Pointer in the string?

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what are decleratives in cobol?

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What are the rules of the move verb?

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When is inspect verb is used in cobol?

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Write a cobol program making use of the redefine clause.

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What is redefines clause in COBOL?

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if we display var1 then what will b displayed in below condition. 77 var1 pic s9(2) value -10. 77 var1 pic s9(2) value -11. " " " -12. " " " -13. -14 ... ... -19.

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Why occurs cannot be used in 01 level in COBOL?

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Differentiate between structured cobol programming and object-oriented cobol programming.

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