VSAM Interview Questions
Questions Answers Views Company eMail

What is the use Free space in CI ?

4 7421

Is CA(Control Area) is part of CI(Control Interval)

3 5753

How can you create a VSAM dataset? Can you write a JCL for it?

IBM, TCS,

4 22232

is there any lock for vsam file so that no one can update the vsam file ?

HCL,

2 8929

what is the use of aix in vsam why do we go for aix and wht is build index in vsam?

HCL, IBM,

5 10980

what is the difference between vsam and dataset how do u create vsam dataset which file you r used?

Fidelity,

2 10190

By seeing the file itself how can we identify whether it is A vsam file or flat file

IBM,

7 12714

looking at the basic definition of VSAM file how to recognize whether it is a KSDS OR RRDS OR ESDS ?

IBM, Infosys,

2 9412

OPEN INPUT StudentFile READ StudentFile AT END SET EndOfStudentFile TO TRUE END-READ PERFORM UNTIL EndOfStudentFile DISPLAY StudentId SPACE StudentName SPACE CourseCode SPACE YOBirth READ StudentFile AT END SET EndOfStudentFile TO TRUE END-READ END-PERFORM CLOSE StudentFile STOP RUN what will be output

2166

write a program to read from a VSAM file , there will be a 5 records to create name. empno. resignation and address to update in a db2 table and call another program using dynamic call to find the matching fields in program 1 to update in db2 table. anybody pls send de program for dis ? thanks in advance...

CTS,

2362

what is meant by BUFND & BUFNI..?

1 10575

How to open VSAM file from 3.4? i have millions of records and i dont want to use the print ch ids(/) command bcz it takes to much time. so if you have any another command to open this plz tell me.

HSBC,

2 23250

In a KSDS file, key is missing for one record. How to insert the key for that particular record from back up file. Is there any sorting needed for the back up file before the key insertion?

RBS,

1071

what is the syntax of ams modal commands?

IBM,

840

what how do you initialize a vsam file before any operation? A vsam with alternate index?

IBM,

631


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write a program to read from a VSAM file , there will be a 5 records to create name. empno. resignation and address to update in a db2 table and call another program using dynamic call to find the matching fields in program 1 to update in db2 table. anybody pls send de program for dis ? thanks in advance...

2362


what will happen if there is no secondary allocation made for datasets?

692


On which dataset you can have alt index?

576


What is a ca split?

670


explain how many ways you can load data in a vsam cluster?

658






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

657


How do you define an altindx?

636


What is the place for VSAM KSDS?

761


what do you mean by define model parameter?

656


What is the purpose of relative record data set used in vsam?

757


If fspc(100 100) is specified does it mean that both the control interval and control area will be left empty because 100 % of both ci and ca are specified to be empty?

704


Differentiate between ci split and ca split?

614


Is it slower if you access a record through alt index as compared to primary index?

675


what is meant by s0c-07 system abend codes?

635


what is the probability of a complete system distortion under high end low performing multiprocessor job?

2088