Answer / srinivas

As far as I know, we use INCLUDE in COBOL-DB2 programs to copy the contents of the DCLGEN to the program. The only difference between INCLUDE and COPY is that while INCLUDE is executed at pre-compile time (by the SQL compiler), COPY is executed at compile time(by the COBOL compiler)

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1 Answers   IBM,

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How can we find out wether to declare the data items like Integer, Char,Comp? If comp types how can we decide wether it is Comp and Comp3.How it is? Please Explain... Cheers.

1 Answers   Syntel,

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What is the output generated by the following code? 01 GRP-I. 05 SUBFLD1 PIC XX VALUE "AB". 05 FILTER PIC X(6) VALUE SPACES. 01 GRP-2 REDEFINED GRP-1. 05 SUB-FLD2 PIC XX. 05 SUB-FLD3 PIC XX. 05 FILTER PIC X(4). IF SUB-FLD1 NOT = SPACES DISPLAY "SUBFLD1" MOVE "ABBCCD" TO GRP-1 IF SUB-FLD3 = SPACES DISPLAY "SPACES" ELSE DISPLAY "SUBFLD3" DISPLAY "END" ELSE DISPLAY "SPACES" DISPLAY "END". (a) SUBFLD1 SUBFLD3 END (b) SPACES END (c) SUBFLD1 END (d) SUBFLD1 SPACES

7 Answers   TCS,

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what is the difference between perform varying and perform until

4 Answers   TCS,

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The following entries appear in the WORKING-STORAGE SECTION: 01 DATE-TODAY. 05 YY PIC XX VALUE "90". 05 MM PIC XX VALUE "12". 05 DD PIC XX VALUE :31". 01 DATE-EDIT PIC XX/XX/XX. MOVE DATE-TODAY TO DATE-EDIT. (a) 901231 (b) 90/12/31 (c) 31/12/90 (d) 311290

4 Answers   TCS,

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In file1 have 80 records are like d1,d2,d3......D80. File2 have 1000records are like a1d1,a1d2,a3d3.....Etc. I want matching records in file3 ? Plse tell me the matching logic???I want answer only in cobol ?Not using any tool or jcl?

1 Answers   CSC,

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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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Hi, My interviewer ask A calls B and C calls B, a and b are static c and b are dynamic.what happens if they compile and execute at same time.

3 Answers   iGate,

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What is SDSF?

3 Answers  

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can we use 77 level no for Redefines?if we use give an example?

3 Answers   Mphasis,

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1.What is the default print format in cobol?

5 Answers   HSBC,

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If a file has 1000 records.. if i have to replace the first and last characters of the file with another character. how it can be done....

1 Answers   HCL,

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