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What is the difference bet IEWL & HEWL LINKING PGMS?
Karthikeyan Santhanam
- Jul 23rd, 2012
Not necessarily the same. Some installations do not allow HEWL as well as they do IEWL. With the same Parms passed, Ive had IEWL give me good results, whereas HEWL failed with the message "A valid entry point could not be found"
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Which one is the invalid?A. AMODE(24) - RMODE(31)B. AMODE(31) - RMODE(24)C. AMODE(31) - RMODE(31)D. AMODE(24) - RMODE(24)
satish
- Feb 25th, 2012
Ans:B,bcoz the addresspace of r-mode must be greater than a-mode
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What is the option in file-aid tool to fetch a particular record when a file contains million of records?
darapradeep
- Aug 6th, 2009
Step 1 :- Use Browse Mode F or V.Step 2 :- Record Layout usage S, provide the record layout and selection criteria usage as 'T' and EnterStep3 :- you will see the record layout. Here provide the contraint and press F3 twise.
Ksakthi
- Sep 17th, 2007
Once you give your dataset nameGive "Q" in the selection Criteria UsageYou will get a screen like this????????? ANDCmd? ?/OR ?Position Length? RO?? Data Value???? ---??? ---???...
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How to count the records in COBOL data file?what will happen if the file open in extent mode and corresponding is equal to OLD in jcl?by opening an empty vsam file in i/o wii get file status 35 how can you over come this ?
kalone
- Mar 14th, 2010
Q1. To count records in a file (in cobol) you can use the method given by hemantha .Or in JCL you can use COUNT in SORT to get the records.Q2. If the file is OPENed in EXTEND mode in prog but in JCL D...
viji.mumbai
- Oct 3rd, 2007
Hi latha,Please eloberate use quastion in proper way so that every can understand in proper way, I mean, If u want to count a record after each fetch or what(simply u want know record count).77 WS-REC...
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What is the difference between plan & packagewhat is difference between views & joinswhat is db2 stored procedures? how to work it in mainframehow to calculate n th maximum valueif the error code -811 ? how to rectify it?if the error in dead lock how to rectify it?how to read the last record in data file don't know the no.of records?what is the use of profile in Qmf?
mannurusrinivasulareddy
- Sep 1st, 2012
1. Plan is executable,Pakage is non-executable and Plan contains packages. n No. of pgms contains n No. of packages but only one plan. 2. View is Just a logical table to Base tables for ex: if we are...
viji.mumbai
- Oct 3rd, 2007
Hi Latha,I could suggest you to refer DB2-SQL Red books And online help while working with mainframe.Anyhow, I will answer to few of your questions.Plan is executable code and it contains access path ...
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What does return code code 0099 mean?
One of my JCL steps returns the code 0099 and my job fails.
Vijay
- Sep 1st, 2011
Is this a FTP job? If so, the reason for the abend would be Connection to server interrupted or FTP timed out.
teddy
- Dec 28th, 2007
If you are working with files or db2 may be a record in it is locked. just relese the lock and try again.
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How can you merge two VSAM files.
kalone
- Mar 14th, 2010
We can merge 2 VSAM files using MERGE FIELDS in SORT.//SYSIN DD * MERGE FIELDS=(P,L,BI,A)/*where P - starting pos of the key L - Length of the key
sdresh
- Mar 29th, 2008
U can merge two VSAM files using the merge utilityor by exclude cond or output procor by include cond or input proc
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How to solve S000 abend with file status code 39 (attribute mismatch for a file in JCL and cobol program) .
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Eliminate zeroes
How do I move 123 from a numeric variable having value 12300000000 to a comp 3 variable
jitenpatra
- Nov 27th, 2008
Numeric data always right justification and alphanumeric data left justification. Please correct me if i am wrong.working stroage section 01...
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Types of procs in JCL
What are the different types of procs available in JCL?
Amar
- Dec 16th, 2013
There are 2 types of procs is there.
1.Instream proc
2.catalog procguraddiv
- Apr 30th, 2008
Hi ramya, There are 2 types of procs in jcl 1. Instream Procedure 2. Cataloged Procedure
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Access VSAM from CICS
How to access VSAM from CICS?
vinay kona
- Nov 16th, 2011
if you want to use the VSAM in CICS ,first we need to register the file into cics online table called FCT (FILE CONTROL TABLE) . for that we have to write like.,
CEDA DEF FILE(FILENAME) G(VVVV)
CEDA DEF FILE(FILENAME) G(VVVV)
THEN IT WILL BE READY FOR EXECUTING IN ONLINE
lalit.kapila
- Jan 30th, 2009
Same as mapset we have to define and install the File in CICS by using CEDA command.
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When can the USING phrase be included in the call statement ?
sangu.pd
- Apr 27th, 2009
The using phrase will be coded along with the call statement in case any literal or address of the value?is to be passed to the called program.?
shrutimehendiratta
- Jul 7th, 2008
The USING phrase makes data items defined in a calling program available to a called subprogram. The USING phrase is required only if the object program is to be invoked by a CALL statement and that s...
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Retrieve record from VSAM
What is the best way to retrieve a record from a vsam file?
vjjammi
- Feb 18th, 2009
The Best way of retrieving a record from a VSAM file is performing a KEY READ on the VSAM File. Using the primary key of the record to be located, the record which is required is read directly and the process of Retrieval is faster.
raghu_k213
- Nov 15th, 2008
By using ksds vasam file is better. because it retrives the record fastly than other vsam files.
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Space parameter
What are the various ways to define Space parameter ie using CYL/TRK/LRECL.
vjjammi
- Feb 18th, 2009
The Space parameter is defined in the following way in a JCL.SPACE=(CYL,(Primary Space,Secondary Space),RLSE)Note : The Option RLSE means Release. Even though this option is not mandatory, this option is widely used to release the unused Memory.
dronveer
- Jun 13th, 2008
The SPACE parameter is used to allocate space for datasets. We can allocate space in Cylinders/Tracks/Blocks Syntax -> SPACE=(CYL,(primary,secondary,directory),RLSE,CONTIG,MXIG,ROUND) Instead o...
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Run a Job
How to run a job without using ISPF?
ahobalanag
- Aug 25th, 2012
At the TSO "READY" prompt, type SUB . Once you hit enter your job will be submitted. To monitor the job, at the TSO prompt, type SDSF. SPOOL opens up and you can monitor your job.
vjjammi
- Feb 18th, 2009
Without submitting the job through the ISPF Facility, we could schedule the same job through CA-7 schedular which makes the job run automatically at the provided schedule.
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SOC7 Abend Record Identification
How to identify the record that caused the SOC7 abend in a batch program? Suppose there are 1000 records in the input file. how can we find the exact record?
santosh siliveru
- Apr 11th, 2012
The diagnostics provided with the S0C7 will help you identify which value is not valid. If your site has Abend Aid or one of the other abend analysis tools Index or Subscript is uninitialized, Incorr...
fazil
- Mar 24th, 2009
If the cobol program is compile with option FDUMP. you can see the input record which caused the abend CEEDUMP and also the field which cause the error. Something like this.QTY-ACCEPTED &nb...
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Transfer File from PC to Mainframe
How to transfer a file from PC to Mainframe?
lalit.kapila
- Jan 30th, 2009
Simplest way is to use FTP command on command prompt. As shown belowC:> FTP xxx.xx.xx.xx(mainframe ip) & press enterenter Userid and Password of MainframeWhen you get FTP> prompt type FTP> PUT and press enter followed by local file name and then mainframe file name in single quotes
shekina.j
- Jan 6th, 2009
Add the file definition?and the?access rights?of the file in the cobol code.Include the address of the file in the run JCL code.
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Status Code
What will be the status code of open empty VSAM file?
Shyam
- Jun 18th, 2012
File Status 39 is come for file attribute mismatch not for empty file opening ....For Empty vsam file u will get the error 160
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Sequential File Handling
Is it possible to delete a record from a sequential file in COBOL Program? If yes, Explain how?
dandusuneel
- Sep 27th, 2010
As of my concern, sequential files cannot be deleted. Means we cannot delete sequential files.
sriraj1122
- Jun 27th, 2010
You can read the records in the sequential order and process each record. When you get the desired record then just use delete to delete that particular record.Hope this helps you :P
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