What is EIBCALEN? Why it is used?

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What is EIBCALEN? Why it is used?..

Answer / mohammad

Executive Interface Block length of COMMAREA.Mainly it is
used for communication area.

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What is EIBCALEN? Why it is used?..

Answer / ipl

this is to specify the length of the commarea.

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What is EIBCALEN? Why it is used?..

Answer / sp

EIBCALEN i.e. Executive Interface Block Common Area Length.
Its used toknow that whether nprogram has been executed
before this or not. It takes the count of execution of
program. If its executing for the first time its value will
be zero and after each execution it will increase by one.

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What is EIBCALEN? Why it is used?..

Answer / chavanbb33

EIBCALEN is executive interface block communication area length which is used to transfer data from one program to another through COMMAREA .
if EIBCALEN =0 then no data is passed , and if EOIBCALEN = value specified in working storage of commarea then the data is passed..
correct me if it is wrong

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What is EIBCALEN? Why it is used?..

Answer / michel

EIBCALEN IS USED FOR DRINKING WATER.

IF THE ABOVE STATEMENT IS TRUE ALL THE ABOVE STATEMENTS ARE TRUE.

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What is EIBCALEN? Why it is used?..

Answer / purushothr

its EXEC COMMUNICATION AREA LENGTH
it is used in pseudo conversational if EIBCALEN=0 no data
are moved to application program.
max size is 65k and s9(4)comp

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What is EIBCALEN? Why it is used?..

Answer / rajesh

1.) To control the execution of jobs in Jcl is PARAMETERS
2.) 01 A pic s9(2)v9(1) value 11
01 B pic s9(2)v9(1) value 12
01 C pic s9(2)v9(2)
Multiply A By B giving C.
Display C.
(a) 13V00
(b) 32v00’
(c) 13v20
(d) None of the above.

3.) How to control the priority of execution of jobs in output area.
(a) PRTY
(b) PRIORITY
(c) CONTROL
(d) NONE
4.) UPDATELOCK function is
(a) Allows user to read the table,but not update
(b) Allows user to update but not view
5.) Non unique formula= n*……………..(………+primary key)
6.) Perform 4 times inspect B before D, replacing with Xfor the following.
(a) AXCDEABCDEABCDEABCDE
(b) AXCDEAXCDEAXCDEAXCDE
(c) ……………………….
(d) ………………………

7.) 01 A pic X(1) value 1
01 B pic X(2) value 43
B redefines A
display A
(a) 1
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) none
8.) EIBRCODE is to indicate
(a) Weather all the CICS codes executed successfully are not
(b) Last coded CICS command executed successfully r not
(c) ………….
(d) …………
9.) The following VSAM datasets are non inembedded CI.
(a) LDS
(b) ESDS
(c) RRDS
(d) KSDS
10.) The following VSAM datasets are inembedded CI.
(A) KSDS
(B) ESDS
(C) RRDS
(D) A & b
11.) The command used to dump main storage area.
(a) Dump
(b) Freemain
(c) Rlse
(d) Free
12.) EVALUATE ALSO if 60<age <67 & 140<weight<170 DISPLAY “ GOOD”.
if 60<age <67 & 171<weight<999 DISPLAY “ BAD”.
13.) If PLAN executable time doesn’t matches with BINd time following SQL code generates
(a) 811
(b) 818
(c) 881
(d) None
14.) Programs security information must be registered in
(a) PPT
(b) PCT
(c) TCT
(d) TST
15.) The following command is used to delete the existing PLAN.
(a) Dump
(b) Freemain
(c) Rlse
(d) Free
16.) To set Max CPU time for job we code TIME parameter as
(a) Maximum
(b) Max
(c) 1440
(d) 9999
17.) The following object does not store separately.
(a) VIEW
(b) JOIN
(c) UNION.
(d) NONE
18.) CS
(a) Release LOCK over a row before COMMIT.
(b) Release LOCK over a row after COMMIT.
(c) Release LOCK over a page before COMMIT.
(d) None
19.) The following is COPYBOOK.
(a) DFHCOMMAREA.
(b) EIB
(c) .
(d) .
20.) Sorting pgm, o/p of pgm.
21.) GETMAIN.
22.) Image COPY
23.) In SYSOUT DD DUMMY, What DUMMY indicates
24.) The following job never executes
(a) COND =(00,<0,STEP1)
(b) COND=(00,>1447,STEP1)
(c) BOTH
(d) NONE
25.) For KSDS files organization isindexed.
26.) The following SHAREOPTIONS is valid
(a) (1,2)
(b) (1,3)
(c) (2,3)
(d) None
27.) For following data set newly added records will be stored at end
(a) Esds
(b) Rrds
(c) Lds
(d) Ksds
28.) VERIFY command in VSAM
29.)………………………………………………..
(a) BUFFNUM
(b) BUFFNO
(c) BUFFNUMBER
(d) none

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What is EIBCALEN? Why it is used?..

Answer / mr.perfect

Answeres to above questions.
1) COND
2) D
3)A
4) B
7) A
8) A
9) A
10) C
11) A
13) B
14)A
15)D
16) A,C,B
17)B
18) D
26) (2,3)
27)A

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What is EIBCALEN? Why it is used?..

Answer / mallareddy

eibcalen contain count of chracters in dfhcommarea.If eibcalen=0 user as not enter any data into map.
eibcalen=1 user as enter data into the map.

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