COBOL INTERVIEW QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS Following is a list of COBOL interview questions with answers for mainframe professionals looking for a Job change. These are job interview questions for mainframe professionals with COBOL skills. These frequently asked interview questions for COBOL will help you brush up on your basic COBOL skills The answers to the […]
COBOL INTERVIEW QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS Read More »
The following simple program depicts the use of JUSTIFIED RIGHT clause     01 VAR1  PIC X(50) VALUE SPACES.     01 VAR2  PIC X(50) JUSTIFIED RIGHT VALUE SPACES.       MOVE ‘JUSTIFIED RIGHT DEPICTED BY MAINFRAMEWIZARD.COM’ Output of the above program is as below JUSTIFIED RIGHT DEPICTED BY MAINFRAMEWIZARD.COM
COBOL JUST RIGHT CLAUSE Read More »
The following COBOL program depicts the use of     01 WS-SUB  PIC 9  VALUE ZEROS.           DISPLAY ‘WS-SUB IS GREATER THAN 4’           DISPLAY ‘WS-SUB IS GREATER THAN 5’           DISPLAY
COBOL EVALUATE FALSE Read More »
read a sequential file in reverse order in COBOL Is it possible to read a sequential file in reverse order in COBOL? One possible solution I could think of is to sort the file in reverse order and then read it, but I would want the discussion to be open for other solutions… Regards “;
read a sequential file in reverse order in COBOL Read More »
Test changes to COBOL DB2 program There is a production JCL which has two steps. One step runs cobol db2 programs A and the other step runs COBOL DB2 program B. The Output of program A is used by program B. Program A has been changed, now how should I go about testing the changes
Test changes to COBOL DB2 program Read More »
Access database at two LPARs using COBOL Is it possible to access database which are present at two different LPARs using COBOL, what I mean is we have our production database on TSO one region and a test database on TSO two region. I need to compare a table which exists on these two different region,
Access database at two LPARs using COBOL Read More »
Microsoft Cobol Compiler v 2.20 In my Windows 7 PC Microsoft Cobol Compiler v 2.20 seems to be integrated. Whenever, in .cmd, I go to my C:COBOL folder and type “COBOL” Microsoft Cobol Compiler v 2.20 loads automatically. But it gives lots of errors like “Source File Cannot be opened” although the required .cob file
Microsoft Cobol Compiler v 2.20 Read More »
Non DB2 COBOL program execution Hi i have a non db2+cobol program (A) calling other few DB2+cobol programs (B) so, i have compiled B with db2 option set as ‘Y’ and A compiled as a normal cobol program. And to execute A i use RUN command in IKJEFT01 step using the Plan for B .
Non DB2 COBOL program execution Read More »
Display hexadimal values using COBOL I want to display the hexadecimal values of contents of a variable. Lets say the value stored in a variable is “A” then in the sysout I wish to display the hexadecimal equivalent which is C1. I think if I display the normal value of the variable and go to sysout and do a
Display hexadimal values using COBOL Read More »
Would Standalone cobol program need link editing We know for preparing a COBOL program before it can be executed using a RUN jcl we need to compile it and then link edit it so that we have a load module which can be run using the JCL. “; ; ; ; My question is if
Would Standalone cobol program need link editing Read More »
