Answer / prathyusha

Fixed length:legth of record is fixed and when a data is inserted should of same size if not abend sd37error exits
Variable length:length of recor can vary.

We can use PASS with permanent datasets also. THEN Which is the condition in which we may use PASS (instead of KEEP) with permanent data sets, while there is no need to specify UNIT and VOL for them like temporary data sets (in cas we use KEEP for permanent data sets) ?

0 Answers   IBM,

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please could u tell me the difference between SORT, SYNCSORT,CA-SORT, DFSORT,

1 Answers   IBM,

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If I update one or more members in a pds in the step 1, how can I reach these new contents to be used in the step 2 of the same job? To start a new job via intrdr is not satisfactory, because I must solve this problem in one job.

2 Answers   IBM,

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What does the statements: typrun=scan and typrun=hold do in a JCL statement

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What happens if both JOBLIB & STEPLIB is specified ?

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When cursor is not closed what is the error?

3 Answers   IBM,

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What parameter directs the output of the job log dataset?

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suppose i have 10 job steps and i want to execute only step 6.How to write?

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I have 2 steps in my exec statement , in first step I am creating a gdg, and the output of this step is going into second step as a input, and this second step is abended , now how could i approach in this case.

5 Answers   Bank Of America,

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describe the job statement, its meaning,syntax and significant keywords?

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What type of versions we r using in mainframe (jcl, cobol, db2, vsam, cics)?

1 Answers   Accenture,

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How is the record format of an output dataset specified?

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