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Can we move X(7) to S9(7) COMP?

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write a cobol logic. i have file that has 10 records .1 record go to first output file and second record goes to 2 output and etc

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Which is not true about evaluate statement

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INREC AND OUTREC? HOW TO SPLIT 5K RECORDS TO DIFFERENT FILES IN A FILE IN COBOL? RESTART IN COBOL-DB2? ISOLATION LEVELS?

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2 input fles: 2 flat files, with different number of records. both are having unique key for each record and already sorted in ascending order . match these files using unique key and in output only matching key value has to be written. please procide cobol logic

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How to fetch 1000 error records from VSAM file(Eg: 1000000 records present) while getting SOC7 abend ?

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How to traceback if I am getting SOC7 or SOC4 abend? List down the steps

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How to find out the closest prime number of an input number? I believe it has something to do with SEARCH and COBOL Linear Array.

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How to get the last record in vsam file in cluster? And how can you get the ksds file records into cobol program?

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i have 10 names in an array and my name is one of them also array is not in sorted order i need to display my name using index how will i do this

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Have you used comp and comp-3 in your project? And how?

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If you are current on the owner of a set, what is the difference between obtain next and obtain first?

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Why occurs cannot be used in 01 level in COBOL?

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here is my requirement A1 is alphanumeric with value 'A1B2C3D4' as defined below 05 A1 PIC X(8) VALUE IS 'A1B2C3D4' but i need to have A2,A3 as ABCD & 1234 repectively...... A2 = ABCD A3 = 1234 Can you please explain me what are the different ways to do it?

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Difference between cobol and cobol-ii?

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

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What is the difference between Global and External Variables?

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What is link edit in cobol?

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i want to learn mainframe..any websites and material to learn from basic..? my mail id : rajeswaribe2010@gmail.com

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There are 5 fields and 1000 records in a file. Unload it into an array. Write the syntax for declaration and how will you unload it.

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What are declaratives and what are their uses in cobol?

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) what is the difference between AID and HANDLE AID?

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