Answer / javiad

In order to access VSAM file in a cobol program, we need to
code oransiation, access and rec key in the file descrption.

For ESDS add prefix AS- to the DD Name.

how you read control card into array?

3 Answers   HCL,

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i have mainprogram and subgram...if i compile mainprogram without stop run..what will u get in compilation time?

5 Answers   HCL,

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Following questions were asked in Capegemini on 8th sep,2012 mainframe test 1.)Condition code for dul recors in VSAM- 2.) Is NULL or =NULL in Select statement 3.)max size of CI 4.)What happens after CI is full 5.)Ques on COND parameter 6.)which among following can not be rolled back a)delete table b.)droptable c)Update d.)insert 7.)groupby and orderby sql querries 8.)Max extents in VSAM file 9.)quesn on DPRTY=(1,10) 10.)range of condition codes in COBOL 11.)occurs clase can not be used at which level? 12.)delimiter in jcl 13.)sort card for file in PGM=SORT 14.)PIC(6) value 120056 possible? 15)question on BLKSIZE Is (20,20) and (20,10) possible? 16.)number of bytes in RDF 17.)Can we use index in WS-section or LK-section 18.)Verify command in IDCAMS used for? 19.)question on Alternate Index 20.)Return code of file attribute mismatch 21.)In which format COBOL variables stored? 22.)what is Alternate of HANDLE? 23.)can SUM,AVG,MIN,ROUND used in numeric and char variable data types? 24.)What is the datatype of FILE STATUS codes in WS-section?

2 Answers   Cap Gemini,

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Can a Search can be done on a table with or without Index?

0 Answers  

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i have the following varibles in the working storage 05 ws-A PIC X(30) VALUE 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRESTUVWXYZ ' 05 WS-B REDEFINES WS-A 10 WS-B1 PIC X(10). 10 WS-B2 PIC 9(10). 10 WS-B3 PIC X(10). If I Display B1, B2 and B3 respectively, what is the value displayed in B2

9 Answers  

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i have a file which contains records like 10,30,90,50,20,40,80,60,70 i want to display these records in reverse order like 70,60,80,40,20,50,90,30,10 please give me the cobol code (do not sort the records)

3 Answers   Cap Gemini, Mind Tree,

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in cobol perform stmt whether it first checks the condition or not

9 Answers  

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How to read records in reverse order in flat file? I know we can do it by reading all records into an array.... Then read records in reverse order by using subscript or index but can any body give me the exact code.

5 Answers   TCS,

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i friends greetings to the day...!!! I face a quation like"while runnig the programe every day i have to access the previous day updates only...!! Ex:- Let last day 100 customers took bank account i have to select those customers only.."

4 Answers   CSC,

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wht is the use of evalute verb ? how do u declare recfm in cobol and jcl ?

2 Answers   EDS,

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In COBOL programming, what is PERFORM? What is VARYING?

0 Answers   CDC,

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Can 88 level variable be declared in FD section..?

1 Answers   Infosys,

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