Answer / Wazid Ali Ansari

When DISP=MOD is used in the JCL and the COBOL program opens a file in OUTPUT mode, the existing data in the dataset will be overwritten or lost as this option means that the dataset will be destroyed if it already exists.nnOn the other hand, when DISP=SHR is used and the COBOL program opens a file in EXTEND mode, the dataset will be extended to accommodate new data, preserving any existing data within it.

i have 10steps and i want run step3 and based on step3 i want execute step7,8,9,10?in jcl

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how do u send return code from cobol to jcl ?

2 Answers   TCS,

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What will happen when we try to pass data from JCL to COBOL using PARM parameter without declaring the length field in Linkage Section?

2 Answers   IBM,

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How do you submit JCL via a Cobol program?

4 Answers   IBM,

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wht is step lib n job lib ? where can we code joblib n steplib ?

3 Answers   L&T,

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How are datasets concatenated?

3 Answers   CitiGroup,

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How to test thru JCL if any file(PS or VSAM) is empty or not. I do not want to use any COBOL prog or Ezytrieve and want to do using utility.

10 Answers   Lehman Brothers,

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Please go thru the below points and let me know how to code this. 1. Sort the input dataset for the condition : Starting position is 37,length of the field is 13 based on character and in the ascending order , starting from position 25 length of 12 ,character and in the ascending order. Use a temporary dataset to hold the sorted file. 2. Use the temporary file created in the above step as the input for the next step. The next step is to execute a program and produce an output file. Use the temporary file created in the above as work file 1 and the output of the file to be created in this step work file 2.Also, pass a parameter to the program that is to be executed in this step. The parameter should have the current date in YYYYMMDD format. For the sake of convenience, you can use the below Job Name : Sample1 Input DSN : PCABDT11.CABD.TEST.INPUT Temporary DSN : Sort1 Output DSN : PCABDT11.CABD.TEST.OUTPUT Program Name : SAMPLE Thanks in Advance for your response.

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Hi, can we call catalog( say myproc } proc n times in jcl if so how please explain Thanks in advance

2 Answers   Cap Gemini,

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wht do u mean by notify parameter, how can u give acess to multiple users ?

4 Answers   L&T,

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wht r different types of sort fields in jcl ?

1 Answers   IBM,

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i have a string of 80 chars i want to replace 4th char with "a"?

3 Answers   CSC,

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