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How to DEBUG a JCL?

Satyam,

9 26959

What is the differentiation between TRK,cyl, and Bytes... how they can be connected??

2 29008

Hi, I have a requirement File A : I have 6 records out of which 4 are same. File B: I have 8 records out of 6 records are same. The 4 records in FILEA and 6 records in FILE B are same. If we substract we will get two records, I need these two records in output file This is because to remove the duplicates from the database. Through easytrieve we can compare but for that there should not duplicates, but in my file I have duplicates. Thanks in advance!!

2 10876

what is A-MODE and R-MODE?

2 8866

is it possible to submitt more than one job in job card in jcl? and if yes than is it necessary to have the jobs same name?

Accenture,

4 26248

if we have a job consist of two steps and each step calling a proc having 10 steps each then how many steps are counted only 2 or 22(10+10+1+1)? can we have more than 255 steps in a single job?

Accenture,

5 13157

can we have more than one job in a single job card that is we are specifying only one 'job' statement in the jcl.

Accenture,

7 20263

i have 3 steps in my jcl, where i want to run only one step at a time depending on the variable. How should i give the condition statement... I have tried this with two steps which is working but not able to add condn for the 3rd step. can anyone help me... I want to know the cond stmt which i can code in step 3 and step4, so that only either step2 or step3 or step4 executes

3 8996

How to rename a VSAM file as well as it's index file?

CitiGroup,

4 20597

What it does If we specify TYPRUN=P & it is not substituted by SCAN 0r HOLD in VALUE SET.

11869

Can we use COND=EVEN on a job card, when jobs are scheduled through scheduler?

L&T,

1 6526

Can we use COND=EVEN on a job card, when jobs are scheduled through scheduler?

L&T,

5 13443

how to create gdg with out using idcams utility

DSRC,

8 40205

how to identify a vasam dataset by seeing in 3.4(browse)

Cap Gemini,

5 11624

what is the alternative to model parameter?

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How to submit jcl through a cobol program?

1150

How do you access an uncatalogued dataset in a jcl?

1216

Suppose I have five jobs to do. But I want to hold one?

1127

What is catelog procedure and how many catelog procedure to use in one job?

8694

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

1452

What are s0c1, s0c4, s0c5, s0c7 and socb?

1176

In job processing, what happens in conversion stage?

1197

What is jcl in mainframe?

1201

A dd statement consists of 4 fields. Name them?

1420

Explain about ISPF/TSO Commands

1949

I want my job (careerride) to be executed in 1 minute and 2 seconds. How do I do that?

1236

In job processing, what happens in execution stage?

1202

I want to JCL sort for Non-COMP and COMP-3 fields SORT FIELDS=(1,5,A,6,11,A,12,11,A,19,1,A,20,1,A),FORMAT=BI,EQUALS Length of comp bytes is 11 bytes which start at 6byte and 12 byte considering 11 bytes in comp-3 is 6 bytes. Can anyone tell if the above sort work SORT FIELDS=(1,5,A,6,6,A,12,6,A,19,1,A,20,1,A),FORMAT=BI,EQUALS does not works OK

1942

What methodology can be adapted to transfer data to a program that is coded using the exec statement?

1219

What are the utility programs in jcl?

1161

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