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But PIC9(10) should have shown the numeric equivalent of the abcd right? Like the only the numeric part of the HEX equivalent.

Hello All,

I faced this question in an interview:

Can I redefine X(10) as 9(10)? If yes, If I move 'abcd' to X(10) and DISPLAY 9(10) - what will it DISPLAY?


I could anot answer it and checkd it later it showed abcd? Why did it show abcd, it's a numeric field?

Robert Sample wrote:Are you talking batch jobs in general or batch DB2 jobs in particular?

I am asking in general. I think I can apply the same concept to batch DB2 jobs also.

Merry Christmas! Why it is always like using "Merry" and not Happy Christmas? Is there any story behind that?

Hi,

We use buffer pool concept in in DB2 and in batch processing on mainframes too. Do they follow the same concept or DB2 treat the buffer pools differently?

yes... I forgot the main question in the process of learning..

Thanks enrico. You mean to it will lock the row for other users? But once the query is executed successfully, the COMMIT will happen automatically?

Thanks Anuj. Setting up AUTOCOMMIT as 'to 'N' is what I am using now.

Hi,

I have updated row in DB2 using SPUFI, now how can I revert these changes which I have just done? Is there a way to do it?

You guessed it correct Pandora Box. Making it Y has helped me to get the desired results that time.

Nealy same here. I also use the computer 7-8 horus a day.

India!

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Happy Diwali! Loved the "light crackers"!

Hi,

Can we not have the posrtal as the front page of the website? That will be rather good? What do you think?

Hello, I am trying to create a report on space utlilization and allocation for some datasets. For this, I am generating a new list using ISPMF. The report gets generated, however for some reason the SPACE & UNIT columns are blanks. Do you think there is a way of getting this missing information ...

Ashish Mathew, your question is one of those that is precisely (and completely) answered in the Enterprise COBOL Language Definition manual, which IBM provides online for free at http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27036733 . I strongly recommend you take the time to learn how to use t...

Thanks a lot!

Hi all, Please consider these two declarations: 01 VARIABLE-1 PIC S9(4) SIGN LEADING SEPARATE. 01 VARIABLE-2 PIC S9(4). What are the bytes taken by them. As I understand that first will take 5 and the later will take 4 but one of colleague argued on it. And I suspect I was wrong. What is the way to ...