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Identify the invalid dataname from the following: (a) SAVINGS-ACCOUNT (b) ANNUAL-ALLOCATION-FOR-OVERHEAD (c) SAMOUNT250 (d) 12DEMAND
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Consider the following COBOL entries: 05 X PIC 99 VALUE 10. SUBTRACT 20 FROM X. The resultant value of X will be (a) 10 (b) 00 (c) compile-time error (d) none of these
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OCCURS clause is used in the DATA DIVISION on data names at (a) 01 level (b) 77 level (c) 88 level (d) any level from 02 to 49
gopalchand
- Nov 28th, 2009
Occurs Clause is used from 02 to 49 Level Only. Some Compilers are also Accepted in 01 Level. 88 Level is Conditional Name
Jeeva
- Dec 13th, 2006
Occurs clause cannot be used in level number 01,66,77,88.It can be used by level number from 02-49
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What if any, is the syntax error in the following piece of code 01 B PIC A(7) 02 C PIC 9(4) IF(B NUMERIC) ADD 10 TO C a.the condition in the if statement is wrong b.noting is wrong c.because C is initialised.ADD 10 TO C is wrong d.both B and C shoud have same size.
chandradutt
- Nov 20th, 2009
You are correct that it wont give any compilation or run time error but SYNTAX is definetly wrong. so the correct answer should be 'A.the condition in the if statement is wrong'
sharmilabit
- Jun 15th, 2006
ANS IS b. nothing is wrong....because it won't give any compilation or run time error. its just that the condition won't be satisfied and 10 will not be added to C and since C has not been assigned any value, nothing would be displayed. test it if u have doubt.
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How many times PARA-A is performed : PERFORM PARA-A VARYING TIMES-COUNTER FROM 1 BY 1 UNTIL TIMES-COUNTER >0 PARA-A MOVE P TO Q MOVE H TO TIMES COUNTER a.10 b.1 c.11 d.0
chandradutt
- Nov 20th, 2009
PARA-A will execute atleast once depending H is not negative. Assuming that H is Positive. The Answer should be 'b = 1'.
tungal
- Feb 2nd, 2009
Yes, that is right.?Para-A will execute 0 times as TIMES-COUNTER?does not contain numeric value.
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1) Without execution cobol program how to see output?2) how to rename input filename and outputfile name?3) what is flag?4) what is impact analysis what basis how will you write test cases?5) how you sea output of cics command?6) how are datasets concatenated explain with example?
I don't know please give me answer
TheMadProfessor
- Oct 12th, 2009
1) Without executing the program, there is no output to see.2) If you are talking about changing the DD names of the files, can't be done without also changing the corresponding ASSIGN statements in t...
NarayaN
- Apr 26th, 2006
Hi !!I think that the last one mentioned for Concantenation of 2 files is incomplete. The DD Names should be specified as part of the SORT Step.You can pass on 2 files as Input files and the new...
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In file section of a COBOL program, I have the following line.Record varying from 122 to 160 depending on WS00_RECORD_LENGTH. How would the value of WS00_RECORD_LENGTH found out? Where will it be?
TheMadProfessor
- Oct 12th, 2009
Usually, W00_RECORD_LENGTH would be part of the record definition somewhere within the first 122 bytes of the record (it could not be in the variable portion of the record.) When creating such a ...
rfl
- Dec 2nd, 2006
FILE SECTION. FD &n...
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What are the two cobol verbs that are used in data division? (one is COPY..what is the other)
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sethy.pradeep
- Nov 20th, 2008
Only Copy & Include these two verbs are used in data division.Regards,Pradeep
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What is the difference between write & move in COBOL.? What is the meaning of 'TALLING' verb in cobol? What is the meaning of 'Eject' verb in cobol?
TheMadProfessor
- Oct 12th, 2009
MOVE copies data from one field within the program to another. WRITE creates an entire record that is written to an external file defined to the program.I believe you are referring to 'TALLYI...
dipti
- Dec 12th, 2006
there is a registor called tally so the count is stored in this tally reg using tally verbmove to move the values between variables or between literals and variables or between corresponding variables having the same qualifierswrite is used to write a record in a file
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Can we use search and search all in embedded sql?
TheMadProfessor
- Oct 12th, 2009
SEARCH and SEARCH ALL are only used for tables within the program and have nothing to do with SQL. SQL is used for queries and other such functions on external relational tables maintained by a DBMS.
Senijor Mastrojani
- Oct 24th, 2006
search and search all are cobol reserved words.sequal will not recognize them wether it's embeded or not.moreover it makes no sence for instance to fetch everything onto file and than use search or search-all when from database you can select anything randomly.
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What is the difference between Call and Link in cobol?
TheMadProfessor
- Oct 12th, 2009
CALL is an actual COBOL verb which invokes an external program and then returns. LINK does much the same, but is a CICS verb, not a COBOL one.
lfrank
- Jan 8th, 2008
Be aware that CALL does not mean the called module is part of the load module. That is only true if it is a Static call. Dynamic calls do not include the called routine in the load module.This questio...
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What are the HIGH Values,LOW values and where we can use?
TheMadProfessor
- Oct 12th, 2009
HIGH-VALUES and LOW-VALUES are the largest and smallest possible values a given variable can hold, respectively. Typically, they are usually used with alphanumeric PIC X type fields.
kapilvharande
- May 30th, 2006
Low values means move some variables to spaces or lowest value if we dont know the actual value.High values means moving highest values to some variables in our program.actually moving the agtual...
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What is an in-line perform ?
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1) Is more than one record description is allowed in a FD?2) Is NUMERIC EDIT fields can be used for Arithmatic operations?3) Is COMPUTE P,Q,W = A+ B/C -E ** 2 is a valid statement?4) Is LINKAGE SECTION is mandatory in a sub program?5) In edit fiels the character used for check protection is __________6) COMP-2 occupies _________ bytes?7) Maximum length of a numeric item ________ ?
venkat65318
- Sep 13th, 2009
1. Yes allowed. why because only one file description is allowed in a FD, but file is a collection of records. 6. comp-2 occupies 8 bytes .7. Max length of a numeric item 18 digits.
ATUL BANKE
- Jun 9th, 2006
(1) YES (In case of variable length records different records of different length must be described in more than one RDs)(2)NO(never)(3)NO(commas b/w P Q & w is not allowed)(4)NO (A command known ...
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Consider the following progrm statements MOVE 0 TO SW.NO.OF.REC PERFORM PRI-OUT UNTIL SW=1 DISPALY NO.OF.REC STOP RUN PRE-OUT READ IN-FILE AT END MOVE 1 TO SW WRITE OUO-REC FROM IN-REC ADD 1 TO NO.OF REC if the IN-FILE contains 1000 records what value will be displayedafter the PERFORM is over?assume that N0.OF.REC has PIC 9(4) a.1000 b.1001 c.1 d.none of the above since there is a syntex error
ram_prabhakar
- Aug 28th, 2009
Answer should be D. Syntax error because only hifens are allowed to name a field in COBOL.
raja shankar dasgupta
- Jul 24th, 2007
The answer is dif we ignore the spelling mistakesnow perform pri-out until sw=1; while reading the in-file its automatically adding one to the subscript.so the new value of sw=1 and then the loop stops.i think the prob is with the logic
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INSPECT verb
can we use "'" in BEFORE or AFTER phrase for limiting the length of the string to be searched in the INSPECT verb
Mainframer18
- 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
- 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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What is zonal decimal in Cobol?
Mainframer18
- 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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How will you connect any Database to MicroFocus COBOL?
have idea about How the flow. But i wanted to know this code and explanation.
abhi_srk
- Jul 21st, 2009
From Microfocus COBOL you cannot connect to database. You need to 'CALL' any Pro-Cobol program which is coded with EXEC-SQL, END-EXEC statement within it by giving the appropriate Call-Code's(read, write etc), Table name etc.
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What are the type of comp usage?
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Answered by: Gayathri
- Sep 4th, 2005
COMP Usage is used for data items of numeric type. There are 4 types of COMP usage.
1.COMP : Used only for integers.Either half word or full word .
2.COMP -1 :Used for floating points.Internal representation is hexa decimal.full word is used.No PIC Clause .
3.COMP -2 : Similar to COMP-1.Only difference is double word(8 bytes )is used
4.COMP -3 :Interenal representation is decimal.Each character is assinged to half byte.The sign bit is assinged to right most bit. The no.of bytes required for n characters is (n/2) + 1 (rounding down)akhileshrewa
- Jun 16th, 2009
comp usage are1 comp12 comp23 comp4 comp3but comp usage can reserve max. 8 bytes for internal representation of variable like pic 9(1) to 9(4) reserve 2 bytes (half word) pic 9(5) t...
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State difference between reading a file by using start command and reading a file using the key value? (Both are in dynamic access mode)
memays
- Apr 30th, 2009
Actually, the START command does not READ anything. It simply sets the location pointer to the file for a subsequent READ command. For random reading, the key of the desir...
BauV.QA
- Feb 13th, 2007
Hi,In accessing the data records of any Indexed-Dynamic datafile, START command will place the control at the first record of the group of recotds to be read that will match with the key values and RE...
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