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I have 100 records in a file.. i want to sort the records from 5 to 5o... give the syntax...

CTS, DSRC,

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A s9(4). B v9(4) value 0.21 can i move this?

3 6167

how to refer the data field?

2218

why mainframe we use not like java as frontend oracle as backend. or not word excel.In there also huge ammount data stored.

TCS,

2 6216

what are decleratives in cobol?

GGG, Satyam,

2219

1.give the details about WHEN OTHER. 2. how many form are available in evaluate.

IBM,

2074

in the TIME parameter we r giving hours r minutes

IBM,

4 7135

in a indexed file what is procedure for read the records from 12 to 18. please give the code example

L&T,

2 7679

what are the utilities for load and unload the DB2 tables

L&T,

1 9901

IDENTIFICATION DIVISION. PROGRAM-ID. MOVEPGM. DATA DIVISION. WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. 01 WS-I PIC 9(2). PROCEDURE DIVISION. A1000-MAIN-PARA. PERFORM PARA-X WITH TEST BEFORE UNTIL WS-I= 5 STOP RUN. PARA-X. DISPLAY "BEST2". I m getting error s722,while executing the program, seems getting in loop, can anybody tell me why

3 5731

How to increase the logical record length of existing PS file?

7 34431

Can anybody give me example of subscript and index

5 9442

what will happen if pass values more than 100 using PARM parameter?

1 9287

How to define a array dynamically.....

Fidelity,

5 9997

WHY LRECL NEEDS TO BE 4 EXTRA THEN THE COBOL FILE LENGTH & WHAT IT CONTAIN IN THAT LENGTH

Cap Gemini,

2 25206

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Which Search verb is equivalent to PERFORM…VARYING?

1008

1.give the details about WHEN OTHER. 2. how many form are available in evaluate.

2074

What is amode(31)

1115

What is the default value(s) for an initialize? What keyword will allow for an override of the default?

1079

i need a small 3d program using inline and outline.

2178

i want a program using by if, evaluate , string, unstring, perform, occurs?

4650

What is the difference between next sentence and continue in cobol programing language?

1173

Differentiate cobol and cobol-ii. (Most of our programs are written in cobolii, so, it is good to know, how, this is different from cobol)?

1073

Difference between array and sub-script ?

1613

Describe the cobol database components?

1132

What is the difference between binary search and sequential search?

1054

Write some characteristics of cobol as means of business language.

1095

What is the compute verb? How is it used?

1092

What is the difference between structured cobol programming and object alternativelyiented cobol?

1205

how do you reference the variable unblock file formats from cobol programs

1291

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