Mainframe, MVS and zOS Discussion

I don't understand such interview questions, even if you by some magic are able to do it, what difference does this make to your office-life? How's is this relevant for an interviewing process? I think you are correct. The interviewer wanted to make sure that he knows better than me, I got that fee...

It is not possible to do this since CICS does not know what is typed into a field until the RECEIVE MAP is done. The usual way to handle password fields in a map is to set them dark so they don't display on the screen. Thank you Robert. So this really is not doable, can this be answer for my next i...

Pardon me but is there a way to do it?

I searched but could not find anything.

What are you saying?

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How many of you are using IDz or equivalent tools? I find them very demanding.

Could someone please tell What is the difference between view and prospective in IDz?

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I am asked this question in an interview. Which I could not find the answer for. Question is in a map design can we password come as *. I was not sure, could anyone help please.

i also looked at DCLGEN. ***** DCLGEN TABLE(DSN8A10.VPHONE) *** ***** LIBRARY(SYSADM.TEMP.COBOL(VPHONEC)) *** ***** QUOTE *** ***** ... IS THE DCLGEN COMMAND THAT MADE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS *** EXEC SQL DECLARE DSN8A10.VPHONE TABLE ( LASTNAME VARCHAR(15) NOT NULL, FIRSTNAME VARCHAR(12) NOT NULL, ...

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Do you want to me supply some more details for the questions? Please tell me.

Hi, Another interview question is this with whcih I need help. When we write a COBOL DB2 program, we use DCLGNE in the program. When we include the DCLGEN in the program then are the variable taken into consideration at the time of pre-compilation or compilation? I do not know answer. But I think it...

I donot think that mainframes are going away any time soon. That surely is a rumor.

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I have an interview question to ask which has left me like statue.

Give some example of compilation and pre-compilation variables in COBOL?

And what should we call "bind" variables for a COBOL-DB2 program?