VSAM Interview Questions, Answers for Freshers and Experienced asked in various Company Job Interviews

VSAM Interview Questions

Questions Answers Views Company eMail

What is the use Free space in CI ?

4 8579

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

3 6729

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

IBM, TCS,

4 23342

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

HCL,

2 9735

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

HCL, IBM,

5 12323

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

Fidelity,

2 10974

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

IBM,

7 14264

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

IBM, Infosys,

2 10250

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

2464

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,

2706

what is meant by BUFND & BUFNI..?

1 11229

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 24278

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,

1422

what is the syntax of ams modal commands?

IBM,

1217

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

IBM,

973

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Un-Answered Questions { VSAM }

explain in brief why do vsam take more disk space than other utilities?

1036

how can you load a vsam data set with records ?

1133

What are the information stored in ci?

959

Explain the biggest disadvantage of using a vsam dataset?

1001

What is recovery parameters in define cluster command?

1005

what do you mean by gdg in vsam?

1155

What are the building blocks used in vsam datasets?

947

what do you mean by the cobol record key clause in vsam?

979

Define a path?

1035

What is a ci split? What is a ca split?

1130

What is the main function of key sequenced data set in vsam?

926

explain the information contained in ci

971

What is the purpose of control intervals in vsam?

972

What does the keyranges parameter in define cluster command do?

1001

Explain the purpose of the file status clause in the select statement?

945

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