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Explain COND used in JCL?

Patni,

1 5147

Whats error code s222?

Patni,

7 31439

whats SOC7?

Patni,

1 4820

hi friends........if u know syntax of IEBEDIT IN JCL

2 15059

How to see the COMP3 value(packd decimal)

iGate,

2 7943

Can we give two user name in NOTIFY parameter in JOBCARD

Syntel,

1 7174

SORT card to eliminate duplicity.

Syntel,

1 5310

If we want to see the eliminated duplicate record thru SORT, how its output file will be managed

Syntel,

6 11087

what is full form of AIX

Accenture,

3 12398

A file has dta in S9(09) COMP format. How do I move the data into a character field X(10)?

2 7399

There are two input sorting files and there is a need to create one sort out file which contains data of both input files. What is the sort card for this. Write a sample JCL for this using a control card?

3 8077

I have a cobol db2 program(PGM A) where other program (PGM B) will call this program and passes some 50 fields data to PGM A. PGM A has some layout in which it receives the data from PGM B. And this layout has been copied in the linkage section pf PGM A. After getting the data, PGM A writes the data in a flat file in the same layout which it receives from PGM B. PGM B is a simple COBOL pgm. Please provide a JCL to run these programs.

2298

What is the difference between these two parameters? -> accounting information -> class how would it bring the differrence to a program?

4 6707

what is a null indicator in db2?

Fiserv, IBM,

5 21834

I HAVE A VB BLOCK WHICH IS USED AS INPUT IN COBOL CONATINING SOME RECORDS CAN I CHANGE THE FILE FROM VB TO FB?

2511

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Suppose I have a program in cobol name ”careerride” and want to execute the program by jcl. Specify the process?

1059

what is DSN in JCL and what are the parameters to declare the DSN?

1148

How to find the UNIT and VOLUME of a (a) KEPT (b) UNCATALOGED and (c) CATALOGED dataset - using (i) JCL and using (ii) ISPF ?

2620

what is use of dsn parameter in dd statement?

1117

if the submitter of a job wants to inform another user about the job completion, how can it be done?

1191

List in order the hierarchical levels of jcl?

1067

How do you run a COBOL batch program from a JCL? How do you run a COBOL/DB2 program?

1196

What do you understand by the terms: joblib and steplib?

1106

how can the same proc be re-used and called by many jobs?

1436

a set statement is used to define commonly used symbolic across job steps or procedures. It initializes the previous values in the symbolic names. It has to be defined before the first use of the symbolic names in the jcl. State whether true or false?

1029

How to resolve the error "WER488A JOIN CAPACITY EXCEEDED" I am using SYNCSORT with JOINKEYS to compare 2 files. I am Getting error - > WER488A JOIN CAPACITY EXCEEDED There are 2 files to be compared with about 2 million records each. LRECL is 3665. Can somebody give a pointer as to how to resolve this problem? I am using SYNCSORT with JOINKEYS to compare 2 files. I am Getting error - > WER488A JOIN CAPACITY EXCEEDED There are 2 files to be compared with about 2 million records each. LRECL is 3665. Can somebody give a pointer as to how to resolve this problem?

8468

What do you understand by the term notcat 2 – gs?

1195

What is multithreading in jcl?

1401

What do we mean by 'Virtual storage' for a dataset and for a JOBSTEP ? What is the significance of the following statement for a programmer 'Virtual storage results in program addresses being independent of the addresses that actually exist in a computer' ?

1979

What statement marks the beginning of an in-stream or cataloged procedure in jcl and assigns default values to parameters defined in the procedure?

1250

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