neha

• Oct 4th, 2007

The max size a table space can take is 64 GB.

Culver_lake

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• Mar 19th, 2006

A tablespace is not a COBOL concept it's pure DB2. In version 8 of DB2 using a partitioned tablespace with 4096 partitions and a page size of 32K, the table space can reach 128 Tb. (that's terabytes, 128 trillion, 128 million gigabytes, 128,000,000,000,000 bytes) pretty big.

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srinivashn82

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• Oct 26th, 2007

Through INTERNAL READER

mark

• Oct 24th, 2006

1.how to pass values from one jcl to another jcl, if how ?as per previous poster you can communicate through datasets.3.how to access jcl from cobol?You can invoke JCL as an entity of a database4.how to display comp fields? move them to display numeric format and than display.

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Ganesh

• May 31st, 2007

Hi Lavanya,Why don't you try before answering any question??Readers should not confused by your answers. Answer given by Poonam is absolutely correct!!!

poonam

• Jun 11th, 2006

Display CTR will contain 12345E coz +ve sign will be stored on rightmost digit

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P.Karthikkumar

• Jan 17th, 2007

Hi, It is possible through jcl. For example if the input file contains 80 record length thenIn sort, INREC=(1:1,80,81:SEQNUM,6,ZD),SORT FIELDS=(81,6,ZD,D),OUTREC=(1:1,80) 1) Using inrec...

deepa

• Oct 2nd, 2006

In sequential file

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susi

• Nov 27th, 2006

The Evaluate statement can be used in replacement of Nested-IF statements. These are also potentially used by combining the logical operators.FOR EG:evaluate a > 100 and a < 500    mov...

Max

• Oct 17th, 2006

In short, evaluate is a replacement of nested-if.If 1+1>2 then display '1+1>2 is wrong'else if 1+1<2 then display '1+1<2 is wrong too'      else display 'you ...

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ashish_setia

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• Dec 20th, 2006

hey,actually at that time i mean in late 60's or early 70's , COBOL was the most popular langugae available, thats why main frame computers use this language,also this is a very simple english like la...

Ritesh Kumar

• Dec 20th, 2006

COBOL is desigend specifically for commercial applications , such as payroll and inventory,that typically operate on a large volume of data.> older mainframe -based "leagcy" system will need to be maintained by mainframe programmers who knpw cobol.

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mf.vannan

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• Dec 22nd, 2009

It gives the ERROR SOC7. 

shriniv

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• Jul 6th, 2007

You can redefine pic x(10) with pic 9(10) without any data loss, as long as you don't move the value of the x-variable  to 9-variable.

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mf.vannan

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• Dec 22nd, 2009

GOBACKControll will goes back where it is receive.If it is coded in Sub programe. controll will goes to Main program after the execution. Plz note that do not stop run the sub program when we are using the goback.Chain control will pass to next level.Regds,Rasipuram Manivannan M

kiran.r

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• Jan 2nd, 2008

Goback:            controller should return back to where ever it comes from.chain:         controller will go to subprogram after compleation of subprogram it will go to os.

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cds dash

• Nov 20th, 2007

The eject command is similar to the forward slash In olden times when COBOL was a length and combersome language to master on, generally the entire program were printed using drum roller printer this ...

Lance Norteno

• Aug 13th, 2007

From everything I've read, eject does the same thing as a forward slash in column 7.  It will take you to top of page.  This is useful when debugging your program so you can separate your COBOL paragraphs.  More noticeable if you print out your program. 

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sekhargupta

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• Jan 9th, 2008

Call by content : If we change formal arguments (variables used in sub program), their corresponding actual arguments (variables used in main) will not be changed.ex ) CALL   'subprg'...

kiran.r

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• Jan 2nd, 2008

Call by context:      if there is any modifications in sub prograam,it wont effect on main program.call by reference:      if there is any modifications in sub prograam,it will effect on mainprogram.

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hmp_8304

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• Aug 2nd, 2008

Length of rec1 is 6 Char

dpg_25

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• Feb 14th, 2008

The length of rec1 is 6 bytes but the code is wrong. You can't redefine 01 level field with 02 level field. Redefined and redefining variables should be at the same level.If your code looks like t...

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lfrank

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• Jan 8th, 2008

A statically linked subroutine becomes part of the load module at link-edit time. At execution time, the routine is present when the module is brought into memory from the load library.A dynamically l...

sravanth_bobby

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• Dec 19th, 2007

If Prog A calls Prog B statically then they have a single load module say LOAD Aif Prog A calls Prog B dynamically then Prog A has a load module say LOAD A & Prog B has a seperate Load module say LOAD B.

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can we use "'" in BEFORE or AFTER phrase for limiting the length of the string to be searched in the INSPECT verb

Mainframer18

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• Aug 5th, 2009

I dont see why not. As long as it is within quotes, the apostrophe will be treated like any other character.

ravi30

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• Jan 3rd, 2008

u should be using the "" in the phrase for example:inspect Studentsname tallying counter for all "a" after/before "s".

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Mainframer18

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• Aug 5th, 2009

If you mean zoned decimal, it is an external decimal numeric type in COBOL and may be defined using 9,V,S,P in the declaration.E.g. S9(3)V99. The usage for this declaration is DISPLAY. The range for t...

kanian

• Nov 22nd, 2007

Zonal decimal is nothing but our simple declaration. Simple declaration means each digits count as a bytes.  For exaple. 77 A pic 99. Now A  is  2 bytes(99(2 digits) counts 2 bytescomp...

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What is comp-3 and advantage with examples?

murali.kv.krishna

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• Dec 24th, 2010

All computational usages are to compress data.comp3 is converts data into packet decimal format.each byte is divided into two characters in comp3.based on the type of length specified l...

shaikmf

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• Jun 11th, 2008

COMP-3 is a computational method used in COBOL. COMP-3 is represented in Packed Decimail format. Decimails are alloed to this COMP-3 Field. Each digit occupies 1/2 bite of memory, so this declara...

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Consider the follwing snippet:01 WS-VAR USAGE IS INDEXIs this a valid working storage definition?Justify your answer

pnkumar519

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• Dec 5th, 2008

01 WS-VAR USAGE IS INDEX.it is a valid working storage definition. We can use this variable to store displacement value of another table index. Like normal table index it cannot be used in any computataions and terminal control statements.Thanks,Narender

guraddiv

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• May 21st, 2008

Hi,   This is not a Valid definition bcz the USAGE IS INDEX clause is used to provide an optimized table subscript. When a table is the target of a SEARCH statement it must have an associate...

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I have date 20101010 which is stored as comp-3 . Now I want to change this date to 2010-10-10 format. How to achieve this?. I also believe that we can't split comp-3 variable.Am I rite?..Help folks!!

rakhi asthana

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• Feb 18th, 2011

If you have accepted the amount as 126778.12 from user and have to move it in COMP-3 variable then declares a user defined fields as 9(11).99 and accept the above variable into it, then move it into?...

Neha Bhargava

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• Nov 12th, 2010

We cant move the variable of type S9(10)V99 COMP-3 to ALPHANUMERIC directly.Plz declare a intermediate variable of type +9(10).99 and move it to the alphanumeric.. It works. In your case if we take th...

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What is the use of Alternate Index? Is using alternate index in file processing fast ?

MF Learner

• Dec 8th, 2011

Alternate Index is used to access the records from the file using alternate key, when there is no primary key avaliable. But using this index accessing the records is slow. Because, alternate index fo...

surendhar

• Nov 13th, 2011

Alternate index is used to access a vsam file by using alternate key.file processing is very fast.

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Hi,

I was asked in interview how would you analyze a COBOL program?

I gave the ans as there are many kind of analyses -:
Requirement analysis
Root cause analysis
Impact Analysis
Problem / logic analysis

but in general we talk about problem finding in a program
and told him we would first go in for a procedure division and check what...

abhishek

• Jan 21st, 2014

Local-Storage is allocated each time the program is called and is de-allocated when the program returns via an EXIT PROGRAM, GOBACK, or STOP RUN. Any data items with a VALUE clauses are initialized to...

davindersingh29

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• May 17th, 2013

Second part of your answer seems satisfactory. You should have asked the interviewer for what we need to analyze, if its just for document purpose, then your answer is right. If its for a change, then there are specific areas we need to analyze for the changes impact.

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varun.kan

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• Feb 25th, 2008

Answer is c.

rajiv

• Nov 8th, 2007

There is nothing wrong in the statement.

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