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Jan-10

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Feb-10

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RACF commands

open cursor takes long time

change data in half file

Jul-10

Basic ISREDIT Commands

Aug-10

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How to Execute CLIST

Basic ISPF commands

Block comment Uncomment COBOL Statements:

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Delete datasets catalogued in JCL:

Disabling Edit-View Entry Panel

Job to Extract Abend info from SAR

Change Member stats

Arrays in CLIST

User Interface on Mainframe

Batch Job to Run CLIST-REXX

Passing parms argument between CLIST and Macro

Basic TSO commands

CALLING REXX FROM CLIST

File Status

CLIST to read a line

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ISREDIT Macro Picture Strings

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Abends

Basics of Mainframe

Time Stats of Job from SAR

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Pull SDSF Data in Batch

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Sep-10

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Oct-10

Initialize a filler in cobol

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Nov-10

Date and timestamp in load object

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Dec-10

JCL to submit particular steps of another JCL using IEBEDIT

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Description of a DB2 Table

Difference in number of days using DB2 days function

Check for empty file

If the VSAM is empty then copy job abends

DB2 TIPS

Check if Day light saving is in Effect

Transfer file from and to mainframe using FTP

Selecting various groups in SDSF

Low values to Spaces using SORT

Search string contains quotes

Retain the last executed command on command line

Autocomplete feature on mainframe

Searching a member in more than one pds at a time

Wrapping data at a particular column

Compress PDS - abend SE37

File Manager to get record count of VSAM

Page Not found message

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Set Breakpoint before every CALL in xpediter

Jan-11

Update Data in one column of a DB2 Table using data in another column

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SORT JCL to Copy all records

SORT JCL with STOPAFT

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UNSTRING DELIMITED ON OVERFLOW

How to find the changes since last save?

How to find the TSO region in which you are logged on

How to find who is using your dataset

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How to compare a dataset with other dataset while viewing or editing it

How to list the commands issued earlier

How to retrieve the last command issue

How to assign a PF Key to a command

Saving breakpoints in xpediter

List all signed out elements in endevor

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What is a MAINFRAME?

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JCL to Unload all members of PDS in a PS Flat file.

Copy flat file to VSAM file

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Feb-11

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Mar-11

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Apr-11

Difference Between Catalog and Instream Procs

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How to Delete Duplicate Rows from DB2 Table

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May-11

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Jun-11

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what is the difference between comp and comp-3 in COBOL?

Is it possible to submit a JCL in loop?

How to bring a Job back from SAR to Spool?

Can anyone help me in taking dump of a DB2 table?

Can we redefine a PIC X(100) item to X(200)?

Why we need Variable blocked files?

What is the difference between Disp=MOD and Disp=OLD

What is the purpose of using SYNC in COBOL?

What is an ASRA abend?

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Printing copybook layout to a file

convert COMP-3 data in readable mode

Converting date in Julian format to Gregorian format

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Passing data from COBOL to JCL

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Difference between Primary key and Unique Key

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Why Varchar columns use level number 49

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Can we call a Cataloged Proc from another cataloged Proc

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Jul-11

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How to convert a VSAM file to flat file?

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Aug-11

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Sep-11

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Oct-11

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Nov-11

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Can a table have more than one primary key

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Dec-11

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Jan-12

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Can unique index be created on more than one columns

Can foreign key be defined on unique index

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Compare two files and write matching records to a file and unmatched to another

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Feb-12

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Mar-12

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Apr-12

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May-12

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Jun-12

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Jul-12

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Aug-12

Create PDS using CLIST

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Sep-12

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Oct-12

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Nov-12

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Dec-12

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Jan-13

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Feb-13

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Mar-13

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Apr-13

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May-13

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Jun-13

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