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we can use both goback and stop run in cobol when there is no
call statement to show termination of the program....
if we use go back it transfer control to the main program.
else we use stop run it releases the program from the main
memory give the control back to the operating system.

what will happen if i give program name and member name as different? program runs successful or w'll abend?

5 Answers   CTS,

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A table has two indexes defined. Which one will be used by the SEARCH?

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how can u find out just by seeing wheater it is main program or sub program ? any two ways to identify reply soon ?

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Explain fixed length record in cobol? with suitable example

1 Answers   IBM,

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Give some advantages of REDEFINES clause?

2 Answers   Syntel,

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i want to learn mainframe..any websites and material to learn from basic..? my mail id : rajeswaribe2010@gmail.com

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I have a PS file and I would like to manually insert the binary values (like a COMP format) into the file. How can i do that? the way do in COMP-3 format.. suppose i want to insert -12345 in to file in comp-3 format. simply we can open a file in edit mode and do HEX-ON and insert the value . SEE BELOW-- 135 24D in 3 bytes - this will be COMP-3 presenatation of -12345.

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Can a REDEFINES clause be used along with an OCCURS clause? if yes, 01 WS-TABLE. 03 WS-TABLE-EL OCCURS 5 TIMES PIC X(1) VALUE 'A'. 03 WS-EX REDEFINES WS-TABLE-EL PIC X(5). What can you expect? if no,why?

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how to fetch the record before the last record in a cobol file( its a huge file and if the key field is not known)

5 Answers   IBM,

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please..could u give an example about USAGE IS POINTER ..and explain why and when we use it ?

0 Answers   EDS,

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What is the Purpose of Pointer in the string?

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What is an index for tables?

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