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What are differences between COBOL and java ? why we are giving more preference to COBOL ?
vasu
- Dec 1st, 2006
the hari prasad answer is very good and intersting answer.thank u hari prasad.
Senijor Mastrojani
- Oct 24th, 2006
With Java you can do the same as with COBOL using just a core + you can utilize primitive variables(or primitive data types), objects(plz note that objects are also considered data types) and abs...
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How can you pass values from COBOL program to non-COBOL programs?
srinivashn82
- Oct 26th, 2007
IBM-MQseries are used for communication purpose from cobol to no cobol prog... Using this you can pass the value.
mark
- Oct 24th, 2006
1. IBM-MQ series are designed to arrange a communications between different platforms and can also be used to pass parameters to programs with different languages.NDM on mainfraime side and FTP on Client Server arrange a data communication.
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What is the logical difference between Move A TO B and COMPUTE B = A?
prasenjit_in
- Sep 1st, 2008
Move replaces values one by one, depending on the data type move is from left-right/right-left.Compute on the other hand completely deletes the previous value in the variable and writes the new value to.
P.Karthikkumar
- Jan 17th, 2007
Hi,? Up to my knowledge, compute can handle only numeric items. But Move statement is having capability to handle numeric, alphabatic and alphanumeric items.ThanksP.Karthikkumar
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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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What is the difference between RETURN CODE & MAXCC CODE?
oldman
- Mar 24th, 2009
Actually a step may have both return codes and MAXCC. Example 1: You have an IDCAMS step that deletes multiple VSAM files. Each delete statement will produce a return code, and the MAXCC for that step...
varanasi
- Jul 5th, 2006
A RETURN_CODE shows the status of each step within a job and the maximum RETURN_CODE is 256, where as MAXCC shows the end of the programme status, if the MAXCC is ZERO it means that job is executed successfully. We have MAXCC are like 0,2,4,8. MAXCC=8 means fatal error.
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What is the difference between STOP & STOP RUN ?
techieheart
- Sep 11th, 2006
STOP is a cobol command that terminates execution of a program. RUN is just its parameter.So, to answer your question, no difference.Also, the STOP command si already obsolete and will be taken out of the new ANSI standard.
mahesh.m
- Jul 15th, 2006
stop is of cobol program,stop run is exection of cobol program.
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Tell me about Login and password parameters in job statement?
davindersingh29
- Apr 20th, 2009
userid is the RACF assigned user security identification. Password is the individual unique security name assigned to the userid. Production jobs are under the security control of RACF, which requir...
sukumar
- Mar 13th, 2007
Login parameter is used to specify from which login the job has to run.Correct me if wrong
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What is the WORKING-STORAGE SECTION in Cobol?
A place to reserve storage for data that is not part of the program's input or output. This area contains fields that are used as temporary storage while the program is executing. Some temporary storage variables include: switches, flags, fields containing textual comments, fields to accumulate numeric totals.
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When the input file is empty you would always want your COBOL program to end with MAXCC = 4. How would you achieve this?
sai mainframes
- Nov 22nd, 2007
hi Pinky,just follow the below code. i think it will work for it. ws-first-time pic x(01) value 'y'. ws-end-of-file...
altehexe74
- Aug 3rd, 2007
after open/read/close the file, you can check the file-status. (define status-variables in working storage) Dependent on this value (will be set automatic), you can set Returncode.BUT:I guess, it&acut...
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Move X TO XX
A PIC X(1) value A.B PIC X(2) VALUE SPACES.IF MOVE A TO B. WHAT IS THE VALUE OF B. Is it ' A' OR 'A '.
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PIC clause to hold decimal values
I have a file with 2 fields say 1st field is a indicator.2nd field is amount field.It has the values A,B,C,D.Suppose if the indicator is A,i want to move 123.4when B move 12.34when c move 1.234when d move 1234my question is what pic clause(only one op field variable) should be used to hold all the 4 types of variables.
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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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Consider the following FD FILE-1 01 REC-1 PIC X(80) ...... WORKING-STORAGE SECTION 01 W-REC PIC X(90) ........ PROCEDURE DIVISION FIRST-PARA ....... READ FILE-1 INTO W-REC AT END MOVE 1 TO EOF-FLAG which of the following is true with respect to the above? a.REC-1 will contain nothing and W-REC will contain the contains of the record read b.REC-1 and W-REC contain the same data c.syntex is invalid and error will occur d.REC-1 and W-REC must be of same size
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Consider the follwoing IF condition:IF A LESS 1200 IF B GREATER 25 MOVE 47 TOC ELSE MOVE 57 TO C IF A GREATER 249 MOVE 67 TO C ELSE NEXT SENTENCE ELSE IF B LESS 67 MOVE 27 TO C What will be the value of C, when A is 137 and b is 25 (a) 27 (b) 57 (c) 67(d) none
thequestsailor
- Jun 25th, 2007
The answer is a. 27in the first if else statement the condition fulfills and it will move 57 to C and then gradually going to the 2nd loop the condition again fulfills and then it will replace the previously stored 57 and replace it by 27 as per the condition of the 2nd loop.
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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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Study the DATA DIVISION entries and the three PROCEDURE DIVISION entries given below: 01 END-OF-FILE-SWITCH PIC XXX. 88 NO-MORE-RECS VALUE "YES". 88 MORE-RECS VALUE "NO". (i) READ SAMPLE-FILE AT END MOVE "YES" TO NO-MORE-RECS. (ii) IF NO-MORE-RECS = "YES" GO TO LAST-PARA. (iii) IF NO-MORE-RECS GO TO LAST-PARA. Which are wrong? (a) (i) and (ii) (b) (ii) and (iii) (c) (i) and (iii) (d) all
gopalchand
- Nov 29th, 2009
Answer is (a)Clarification :(i) READ SAMPLE-FILE AT END MOVE "YES" TO NO-MORE-RECS.In the above statement, We can't move any information to 88 Level (This is Condit...
Karunagaran Molliya Gounder
- Dec 16th, 2006
answer is a) (i) and (ii)
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