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IBM AS400 Interview Questions

Questions Answers Views Company eMail

we are sending data of physical file to screen design and it is showing no record why?

NTT Data,

1 5358

Can anyone answer me when we will go for LF without key fields

HCL,

4 7588

suppose there are 100 records and i want to read records between 60-70 how we can read this 10 records in rpg

Polaris,

2 6528

How to sort an array in descending in RPG

Google, TCS,

3 15844

i have 6 char field in program, but this field is using in all files i want to chage field size as 10 char , how can i do this except using *like defn...?

IBM,

1 4549

Set on command is used for closed all opened files , initialize var and release resource , return cmd is used for return to calling program but my req. Is dnt close opened files and resource must released while doing transactions , how can i do this...?

2006

Suppose we add one field in physical file and this physical file is used by several programs.how do we know which program is using that file? What are the impact analysis.

6 11686

How can we receive values from a called procedure in CL?

IBM, NTT Data,

1 4881

How can we receive values from a called procedure in RPG?

1 4945

Can we found a record existance in a file w/o reading the file?

Traitsys Technologies,

6 9233

If i change any file through application after entering data , how to check which file is updated through applications . For call stack we takes esc 3 then we chose 11..But What is answer of below qtn..?

IBM,

1863

We have seen no of parameter list but If we mention like this 'CALL PROGNAME PLIST ' how to know No of parameter name of program ?

IBM,

2 3988

How to know message id (errorid) in msgfile when error is occurred on screen ? WRKMSF will display all error id but i want to know error id based on error msg only?

IBM, Ignis Technologies, SSR,

1 4760

what is the procedure and explain about real time scenario.

Adhoc Technologies, Hanuman Automation, HSBC, IBM,

1899

How to handle duplicate error handling in RPG?

2237

Un-Answered Questions { IBM AS400 }

what are all the contents of subfile?

1623

what is the difference between do while and do until?

1198

what is sflinz and sflrna?

1463

What is sort? And its syntax?

995

What is %CHECK?

1222

if dspatr(pc) and csrloc were specified for a format, which keyword would have priority?

1604

What are the types of data structure in as400?

984

what is the difference between udate and the system date?

1933

If my rpg program has a date field, what extra care I have to take while compiling that rpg program? If the file is keyed and I have declared the file as well as key list properly in my program. Still am getting an error message like "chain/reade operation is not allowed" what may be the case?

1059

Explain the output procedure?

979

Can we concatenate fields in physical file? If yes how can we do?

995

how many levels are there in a physical file?

1714

what opcode could be used to test an alphanumeric field for all numeric values?

1708

What is ment by record level identifier?

1094

how does the runqry show the output?

1355

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