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T h e R P G / 4 0 0 S p e c i fi c a t i o n s
T h e r e a r e s e v e n k i n d s o f R P G / 4 0 0 s p e c i fi c a t i o n s . W h e n y o u r
s o u r c e p r o g r a m i s c o m p i l e d , t h e s e s p e c i fi c a t i o n s m u s t b e i n t h e
following sequence:
H - C o n t r o l s p e c i fi c a t i o n s
F- F i l e d e s c r i p t i o n s p e c i fi c a t i o n s
E - E x t e n s i o n s p e c i fi c a t i o n s
L- L i n e c o u n t e r s p e c i fi c a t i o n s
I - I n p u t s p e c i fi c a t i o n s
C - C a l c u l a t i o n s p e c i fi c a t i o n s
O - O u t p u t s p e c i fi c a t i o n s .
R P G / 4 0 0 p r o g r a m s d o n o t h a v e t o u s e a l l s p e c i fi c a t i o n s . A t y p i c a l
p r o g r a m m a y u s e fi l e d e s c r i p t i o n , i n p u t , c a l c u l a t i o n , a n d o u t p u t
s p e c i fi c a t i o n s .
1.
H -T h e C o n t r o l S p e c i fi c a t i o n
T h e c o n t r o l s p e c i fi c a t i o n p r o v i d e s t h e R P G / 4 0 0 c o m p i l e r w i t h
i nf ormati on ab ou t you r p rog ram an d you r syste m. Th i s in cl u d e s:
Name of the p rog ra m
D ate f ormat f or the p rog ram
I f a n a l t e r n a t i v e c o l l a t i n g s e q u e n c e o r fi l e t r a n s l a t i o n i s u s e d .
N o t e : T h e c o n t r o l s p e c i fi c a t i o n i s o p t i o n a l .
2.
F- F i l e D e s c r i p t i o n S p e c i fi c a t i o n s
Fi l e d e s c r i p t i o n s p e c i fi c a t i o n s d e s c r i b e a l l t h e fi l e s t h a t y o u r
p r o g r a m u s e s . T h e i n f o r m a t i o n f o r e a c h fi l e i n c l u d e s :
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3.
I n p u t o r o u t p u t d e v i c e u s e d f o r t h e fi l e i f t h e fi l e i s
c o n d i t i o n e d b y a n e x t e r n a l i n d i c a t o r.
E - E x t e n s i o n S p e c i fi c a t i o n s
E x t e n s i o n s p e c i fi c a t i o n s d e s c r i b e a l l r e c o r d a d d r e s s fi l e s ,
t a b l e fi l e s , a n d a r r a y fi l e s u s e d i n t h e p r o g r a m . T h e i n f o r m a t i o n
includes:
4.
N a m e o f t h e fi l e , t a b l e , o r a r r a y
Nu mb e r of e n trie s in a tab l e or array i np u t re cord
Number of entries in a table or array
L e n g t h o f t h e t a b l e o r a r r a y e n t r y.
L - L i n e C o u n t e r S p e c i fi c a t i o n s
L i n e c o u n t e r s p e c i fi c a t i o n s d e s c r i b e t h e p a g e o r f o r m o n w h i c h
output is printed. The information includes:
5.
I n p u t s p e c i fi c a t i o n s d e s c r i b e t h e r e c o r d s , fi e l d s , d a t a
stru ctu re s an d n ame d con - stan ts u se d b y the p rog ra m. Th e
i n f o r m a t i o n i n t h e i n p u t s p e c i fi c a t i o n s i n c l u d e s :
6.
N a m e o f t h e fi l e
S e qu e n ce of re cord typ e s
W he th e r re cord - i de n ti fyi n g in d i cators, con trol - le vel i n di cator s,
fi e l d - r e c o r d - r e l a t i o n i n d i c a t o r s , o r fi e l d i n d i c a t o r s a r e u s e d
W h e t h e r d a t a s t r u c t u r e s , l o o k a h e a d fi e l d s , r e c o r d
i d e n t i fi c a t i o n c o d e s , o r m a t c h fi e l d s a r e u s e d
Ty p e o f e a c h fi e l d ( a l p h a n u m e r i c o r n u m e r i c ; p a c k e d - d e c i m a l ,
zoned-decimal, or binary format)
L o c a t i o n o f e a c h fi e l d i n t h e r e c o r d
N a m e o f e a c h fi e l d i n t h e r e c o r d
Named constants.
C - C a l c u l a t i o n S p e c i fi c a t i o n s
C a l c u l a t i o n s p e c i fi c a t i o n s d e s c r i b e t h e c a l c u l a t i o n s t o b e
done on the data and the order of the calculations. Calculation
s p e c i fi c a t i o n s c a n a l s o b e u s e d t o c o n t r o l c e r t a i n i n p u t a n d
output operations. The information includes:
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7.
Fi e l d s o r c o n s t a n t s t o b e u s e d i n t h e o p e r a t i o n
Th e op e rati on to be p roce s se d
W he th e r re su l ti n g in d i cators are se t afte r the op e rati on i s
p roce s se d .
O - O u t p u t S p e c i fi c a t i o n s
O u t p u t s p e c i fi c a t i o n s d e s c r i b e t h e r e c o r d s a n d fi e l d s i n t h e
o u t p u t fi l e s a n d t h e c o n - d i t i o n s u n d e r w h i c h o u t p u t o p e r a t i o n s a r e
p roce s se d . The i nf ormati on i n clu d e s:
N a m e o f t h e fi l e
Ty p e o f r e c o r d t o b e w r i t t e n
S p a c i n g a n d s k i p p i n g i n s t r u c t i o n s f o r P R I N T E R fi l e s
O u tpu t in di cator s th at con d i ti on wh e n the re cord i s to b e
written
N a m e o f e a c h fi e l d i n t h e o u t p u t r e c o r d
L o c a t i o n o f e a c h fi e l d i n t h e o u t p u t r e c o r d
Edit codes and edit words
Constants to be written
Fo r m a t n a m e f o r a W O R K S T N fi l e .
T H E I L E R P G S p e c i fi c a t i o n s
Main source section:
1 . H - C o n t ro l s p e c i fi c a t i o n s p r o v i d e t h e c o m p i l e r w i t h i n f o r m a t i o n
ab ou t ge n e rati n g an d run n i ng p rog ra ms, su ch as th e p rog ram
name, date format, and use of alternate collating sequence or
fi l e t r a n s l a t i o n .
2 . F - Fi l e d e s c r i p t i o n s p e c i fi c a t i o n s d e s c r i b e a l l t h e fi l e s t h a t y o u r
p rog ram u se s.
3 . D - D e fi n i t i o n s p e c i fi c a t i o n s d e s c r i b e t h e d a t a u s e d b y t h e
p rog ram.
4 . I - I n p u t s p e c i fi c a t i o n s d e s c r i b e t h e i n p u t r e c o r d s a n d fi e l d s u s e d
by the
Prog r am.
5 . C - C a l c u l a t i o n s p e c i fi c a t i o n s d e s c r i b e t h e c a l c u l a t i o n s d o n e o n
the data and the order of the calculations. Calculation
s p e c i fi c a t i o n s a l s o c o n t r o l c e r t a i n i n p u t a n d o u t p u t o p e r a t i o n s .
6 . O - O u t p u t s p e c i fi c a t i o n s d e s c r i b e t h e o u t p u t re c o rd s a n d
fi e l d s u s e d b y t h e p ro g r a m .
Sub procedure section:
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1 . P- P ro c e d u re s p e c i fi c a t i o n s m a r k t h e b e g i n n i n g a n d e n d o f t h e
su b p roce d u re , i n di cate th e sub p roce d u re n ame , an d wh e th e r i t
is exported.
2 . D - D e fi n i t i o n s p e c i fi c a t i o n s d e s c r i b e t h e l o c a l d a t a u s e d b y t h e
su b - p roce d u re .
3 . C - C a l c u l a t i o n s p e c i fi c a t i o n s d e s c r i b e t h e c a l c u l a t i o n s d o n e o n
both the global and local data and the order of the calculations.
3. What do you mean by Severity level?
S e ve ri ty le vel Con trol s th e cre ati on of th e p rog ram obj e ct. The
p rog ram ob je ct i s cre ate d i f al l e rrors en cou n te re d du ri n g comp i l ati on
have a severity level less than or equal to the generation severity
l e v e l s p e c i fi e d . T h e v a l u e m u s t b e b e t w e e n 0 a n d 2 0 i n c l u s i v e . Fo r
e rrors g re ate r th an se ve ri ty 20, the p rog ram ob je ct wil l n ot b e
generated.
4. What is RPG program cycle?
W h e n a s y s t e m p ro c e s s e s d a t a , i t m u s t d o t h e p ro c e s s i n g i n a
p a r t i c u l a r o rd e r. T h i s l o g i c a l o rd e r i s p ro v i d e d b y:
T h e l o g i c t h e c o m p i l e r s u p p l i e s i s c a l l e d t h e p ro g r a m c y c l e . W h e n
y o u l e t t h e c o m p i l e r p ro v i d e t h e l o g i c f o r y o u r p ro g r a m s , i t i s c a l l e d
c y c l e p ro g r a m m i n g . T h e p ro g r a m c y c l e i s a s e r i e s o f s t e p s t h a t y o u r
p ro g r a m re p e a t s u n t i l a n e n d - o f- fi l e c o n d i t i o n i s re a c h e d . D e p e n d i n g
o n t h e s p e c i fi c a t i o n s y o u c o d e , t h e p ro g r a m m a y o r m a y n o t u s e
each step in the cycle.
5 . W h a t i s a S u b fi l e ?
A s u b fi l e i s a g r o u p o f r e c o r d s w i t h t h e s a m e r e c o r d n a m e . T h e g r o u p i s
r e a d f r o m a n d w r i t t e n t o a d i s p l a y d e v i c e i n o n e o p e r a t i o n . A s u b fi l e
c o n s i s t s o f a s u b fi l e r e c o r d a n d a s u b fi l e c o n t r o l r e c o r d .
A s u b fi l e r e c o r d :
S el e ct s key w o rd s t o p ro ce s s th e d at a
D e fi n e s fi e l d s
A s u b fi l e c o n t r o l r e c o r d d e fi n e s :
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User messages
C o n t ro l ke y s t h at t h e u s e r can u se w h e n lo o k i n g at t h e di s p l ay
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Fi xe d p o r t i o n s o f t h e d i s p l a y
Yo u r p r o g r a m s e n d s a n o u t p u t o p e r a t i o n t o t h e s u b fi l e r e c o r d
f o r m a t , p l a c i n g d a t a i n o n e o f t h e s u b fi l e r e c o r d s . T h e s u b fi l e
re cord be come s acti ve bu t i s n ot con si d e re d ch an g e d un le ss th e
S F L N X TC H G ke y w o r d i s a l s o i n e ff e c t .
Af t e r y o u r p r o g r a m d i s p l a y s t h e s u b fi l e , t h e w o r k s t a t i o n u s e r
k e y s d a t a i n t o s u b fi l e r e c o r d s . T h e r e c o r d s k e y e d i n b e c o m e
active and changed.
SFL
SFLCTL
SFLDSP
SFLSIZ
S F L PA G
9 . E x p l a i n t h e d i ff e r e n t t y p e s o f a S u b fi l e ?
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SFLMSG
WDWSFL
PDNSFL
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1 0 . W h a t i s a l o g i c a l fi l e ? W h a t i s i t s u s a g e ?
A l o g i c a l fi l e d e t e r m i n e s h o w d a t a r e c o r d s a r e s e l e c t e d a n d
d e fi n e d w h e n r e a d b y a n a p p l i c a t i o n p r o g r a m . A l o g i c a l fi l e c a n b e a
s i m p l e , m u l t i p l e f o r m a t , o r j o i n l o g i c a l fi l e . A s i m p l e l o g i c a l fi l e
c o n t a i n s o n e r e c o r d f o r m a t a n d h a s o n e fi l e s p e c i fi e d o n t h e P F I L E
k e y w o r d . A m u l t i p l e f o r m a t l o g i c a l fi l e e i t h e r c o n t a i n s m o r e t h a n o n e
r e c o r d f o r m a t o r h a s m o r e t h a n o n e fi l e s p e c i fi e d o n t h e P F I L E
k e y w o r d . A j o i n l o g i c a l fi l e c o n t a i n s o n e r e c o r d f o r m a t a n d h a s u p t o
3 2 fi l e s s p e c i fi e d o n t h e J F I L E k e y w o r d .
1 1 . H o w l o g i c a l fi l e s a r e d i ff e r e n t f o r m p h y s i c a l fi l e s ?
P h y s i c a l fi l e s c o n t a i n t h e a c t u a l d a t a b u t l o g i c a l fi l e c o n t a i n s o n l y
the view of the data.
L o g i c a l fi l e s c a n h a v e m o r e t h e n o n e r e c o r d f o r m a t , b u t p h y s i c a l
fi l e s c a n h a v e o n l y o n e r e c o r d f o r m a t .
U s i n g L o g i c a l fi l e w e c a n j o i n o n e o r m o r e p h y s i c a l fi l e s .
U s i n g l o g i c a l fi l e w e c a n r e s t r i c t t h e v i e w fi e l d s .
U s i n g l o g i c a l fi l e w e c a n r e s t r i c t t h e v i e w o f r e c o r d s b y S E L E C T a n d
O M I T Ke y w o r d
12. Explain the feature of JLF?
J o i n l o g i c a l fi l e s c o m b i n e d i ff e r e n t fi e l d s f r o m m o r e t h a n o n e
p h y s i c a l fi l e i n t o a s i n g l e r e c o r d . Yo u m u s t s p e c i f y t h e J F I L E ke y w o r d
a t t h e r e c o r d l e v e l f o r j o i n l o g i c a l fi l e s . S p e c i f y t h e e n t r i e s i n t h e
f o l l o w i n g o r d e r t o d e fi n e a j o i n l o g i c a l fi l e :
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Fi l e - l e v e l e n t r i e s ( o p t i o n a l )
Re c o r d - l e v e l e n t r i e s
Join-level entries
Fi e l d - l e v e l e n t r i e s
Ke y fi e l d - l e v e l e n t r i e s ( o p t i o n a l )
S e l e c t / o m i t - fi e l d l e v e l e n t r i e s ( o p t i o n a l )
B e c a u s e o n l y o n e r e c o r d f o r m a t i s a l l o w e d i n a j o i n l o g i c a l fi l e ,
specify these entries only once.
13. How do you handle Inter process communication in AS/400?
Pa r a m e t e r s
Data Queue
D ata Are a
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Pro ce d u re or p rog ram can se n d d ata, an d f rom wh i ch an oth e r H LL
p roce d u re or
Prog r am can re ce i ve d ata. Th e re ce i vi n g p rog ram can b e al re ad y wai ti n g
for the
d a t a , o r c a n r e c e i v e t h e d a t a l a t e r.
Th e ad van tag e s of u sin g d ata q ue u e s are :
Yo u c a n s e n d t o , r e c e i v e f r o m , a n d r e t r i e v e a d e s c r i p t i o n o f a d a t a
q u e u e i n a n y H L L p r o c e d u r e o r p r o g r a m b y c a l l i n g t h e Q S N D D TA Q ,
Q RC V D TA Q , Q M H R D Q M , Q C L R D TA Q , a n d Q M H Q R D Q D p r o g r a m s
wi th ou t exi ti n g the H LL p roce d u re or p rog ra m or cal li n g a CL
p roce d u re or p rog ram to se n d , re ce i ve , cl e ar, or re tri e ve the
description.
Data queues
being placed
queue which
q u a l i fi e d j o b
1 5 . H o w a d a t a q u e u e i s d i ff e r e n t f o r m a m e s s a g e q u e u e ?
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D ata q ue u e s are si mil ar to me ssag e qu e ue s, in th at p roce d u re s
an d p rog ram s can se n d d ata to the q u eu e th at i s re ce i ved l ate r b y
an oth e r p roce d u re or p rog ra m. H owe ve r, more th an on e p rog ram can
h ave a re ce i ve pe n di n g on a d ata q ue u e at th e same ti me , wh il e onl y one
p rog ram can h ave a re ce i ve pe n d in g on a me ssag e q ue u e at th e same
ti me . (O n l y on e p rog ram re ce i ve s an en try f rom a d ata q ue u e , eve n if
more th an on e p rog ram i s wai ti n g .) En tri e s on a d ata qu e ue are h an dl e d
i n e i t h e r fi r s t - i n - fi r s t - o u t , l a s t - i n - fi r s t - o u t , o r k e y e d - q u e u e o r d e r. W h e n
an e n try i s re ce i ve d , i t i s re move d f rom th e d ata qu e u e .
1 6 . W h a t i s t h e d i ff e r e n c e b e t w e e n D a t a Q u e u e a n d D a t a b a s e F i l e s
?
T h e f o l l o w i n g d e s c r i b e s t h e d i ff e r e n c e s b e t w e e n u s i n g d a t a
q u e u e s a n d d a t a b a s e fi l e s :
1 7 . W h a t a r e t h e d i ff e r e n t t y p e s o f m e s s a g e s ?
Informational
Inquiry
Completion
Diagnostic
Re q u e s t
Escape
Status
Notify
1 8 . W h a t i s a s o u r c e p h y s i c a l fi l e ?
A s o u r c e fi l e i s u s e d w h e n a c o m m a n d a l o n e c a n n o t s u p p l y
s u ffi c i e n t
i nf ormati on f or cre ati n g an obj e ct. It con tai n s i np u t (sou rce ) d ata
n e e d e d t o c r e a t e s o m e t y p e s o f o b j e c t s . Fo r e x a m p l e , t o c r e a t e a
c o n t r o l l a n g u a g e ( C L ) p r o g r a m , y o u m u s t u s e a s o u r c e fi l e c o n t a i n i n g
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s o u r c e s t a t e m e n t s , w h i c h a r e i n t h e f o r m o f c o m m a n d s . To c r e a t e a
l o g i c a l fi l e , y o u m u s t u s e a s o u r c e fi l e c o n t a i n i n g D D S .
A s o u r c e fi l e c o n t a i n s u n - c o m p i l e d p r o g r a m m i n g c o d e a n d i n p u t
d a t a n e e d e d t o c r e a t e s o m e t y p e s o f o b j e c t s . A s o u r c e fi l e c a n
con tai n sou rce state me n ts f or su ch ite ms as h i gh - le ve l l an g u ag e
p r o g r a m s a n d d a t a d e s c r i p t i o n s p e c i fi c a t i o n s . A s o u r c e fi l e c a n b e a
s o u r c e p h y s i c a l fi l e , d i s ke t t e fi l e , t a p e fi l e , o r i n l i n e d a t a fi l e .
19. What is a library?
A li b rary i s an ob je ct th at i s u se d to g rou p re l ate d ob j e cts, an d
t o fi n d o b j e c t s b y n a m e w h e n t h e y a r e u s e d . T h u s , a l i b r a r y i s a
d i r e c t o r y t o a g r o u p o f o b j e c t s . Yo u c a n u s e l i b r a r i e s t o g r o u p t h e
o b j e c t s i n t o a n y m e a n i n g f u l c o l l e c t i o n . Fo r e x a m p l e , y o u c a n g r o u p
o b j e ct s acco rd i n g t o s e cu r i t y re q ui re m e n t s , b acku p re q u i re m e n t s , o r
p roce s si n g re q u i re me n ts. Th e amou n t of avai l ab le storag e l i mi ts the
number of objects that a library can contain, and the number of
libraries on the system.
Th e ob je ct g rou p i n g pe rf orme d b y l ib rari e s i s a l og i cal
g rou p i n g . W he n a l ib rary i s cre ate d , you can sp e ci fy in to whi ch u se r
au xi li ary storag e p ool (AS P) th e li b rary sh ou l d be cre ate d . Al l obj e cts
c r e a t e d i n t o t h e l i b r a r y a r e c r e a t e d i n t o t h e s a m e A S P a s t h e l i b r a r y.
O bj e cts in a li b rary are n ot ne ce ssari l y p h ysi cal l y ad j ace n t to e ach
o t h e r. T h e s i z e o f a l i b r a r y , o r o f a n y o t h e r o b j e c t , i s n o t r e s t r i c t e d
by the amount of adjacent space available in storage. The system
fi n d s t h e n e c e s s a r y s t o r a g e f o r o b j e c t s a s t h e y a r e s t o r e d i n t h e
system.
Most typ e s of ob j e cts are pl ace d i n a l ib rary wh en th e y are
c r e a t e d . T h e A U T p a r a m e t e r o n C RT L I B d e fi n e s t h e p u b l i c a u t h o r i t y o f
t h e l i b r a r y. T h e C RTA U T p a r a m e t e r s p e c i fi e s t h e d e f a u l t a u t h o r i t y f o r
o b j e c t s t h a t a r e c r e a t e d i n t o t h e l i b r a r y. I f t h e c o m m a n d c r e a t i n g t h e
o b j e c t s p e c i fi e s * L I B C RTAU T f o r t h e A U T p a r a m e t e r , t h e o b j e c t s
p u b l i c a u t h o r i t y i s t h e c r e a t e a u t h o r i t y t h a t w a s s p e c i fi e d f o r t h e
l i b r a r y. Yo u c a n m o v e m o s t o b j e c t t y p e s f r o m o n e l i b r a r y t o a n o t h e r ,
b u t a si n g le ob j e ct can n ot b e in more th an on e li b rary at th e same
t i m e . W h e n y o u m o v e a n o b j e c t t o a d i ff e r e n t l i b r a r y , t h e o b j e c t i s
n o t m o v e d i n s t o r a g e . Yo u n o w l o c a t e t h e o b j e c t t h r o u g h t h e n e w
l i b r a r y. Yo u c a n a l s o r e n a m e a n d c o p y m o s t o b j e c t t y p e s f r o m o n e
l i b r a r y i n t o a n o t h e r.
A li b rary n ame can b e u se d to p rovi d e an oth e r l e ve l of
i d e n t i fi c a t i o n t o t h e n a m e o f a n o b j e c t . A s d e s c r i b e d e a r l i e r , a n
o b j e c t i s i d e n t i fi e d b y i t s n a m e a n d i t s t y p e . T h e n a m e o f t h e l i b r a r y
f u r t h e r q u a l i fi e s t h e o b j e c t n a m e . T h e c o m b i n a t i o n o f a n o b j e c t n a m e
a n d t h e l i b r a r y n a m e i s c a l l e d t h e q u a l i fi e d n a m e o f t h e o b j e c t . T h e
q u a l i fi e d n a m e t e l l s t h e s y s t e m t h e n a m e o f t h e o b j e c t a n d t h e
library it is in.
2 0 . E x p l a i n s o m e fi l e o p e r a t i o n s i n R P G ?
T h e fi l e o p e r a t i o n c o d e s a r e :
1. ACQ (Acq u i re ) :T h e A C Q o p e r a t i o n a c q u i r e s t h e p r o g r a m d e v i c e s p e c i fi e d i n
f a c t o r 1 f o r t h e W O R K S T N fi l e s p e c i fi e d i n f a c t o r 2 . I f t h e d e v i c e i s
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a v a i l a b l e , A C Q a t t a c h e s i t t o t h e fi l e . I f i t i s n o t a v a i l a b l e o r i s a l r e a d y
a t t a c h e d t o t h e fi l e , a n e r r o r o c c u r s . I f a n i n d i c a t o r i s s p e c i fi e d i n
positions 56 and 57, the indicator is set on. If no indicator is
s p e c i fi e d , b u t t h e I N F S R s u b r o u t i n e i s s p e c i fi e d , t h e I N F S R r e c e i v e s
con trol whe n an e rror/exce p ti on occu rs. If n o i nd i cator or INFS R
s u b r o u t i n e i s s p e c i fi e d , t h e d e f a u l t e r r o r / e x c e p t i o n h a n d l e r r e c e i v e s
con trol whe n an e rror/exce p ti on occu rs.
2 . C H A I N ( R a n d o m Re t r i e v a l f r o m a Fi l e ) : Th e CH AIN op e rati on re tri e ve s a re cord f rom a f ul l p roce d u ral
fi l e ( F i n p o s i t i o n 1 6 o f t h e fi l e d e s c r i p t i o n s p e c i fi c a t i o n s ) , s e t s a
r e c o r d i d e n t i f y i n g i n d i c a t o r o n ( i f s p e c i fi e d o n t h e i n p u t
s p e c i fi c a t i o n s ) , a n d p l a c e s t h e d a t a f r o m t h e r e c o r d i n t o t h e i n p u t
fi e l d s .
Fa c t o r 1 , t h e s e a r c h a r g u m e n t , m u s t c o n t a i n t h e ke y o r
r e l a t i v e r e c o r d n u m b e r u s e d t o r e t r i e v e t h e r e c o r d . I f a c c e s s i s b y ke y ,
f a c t o r 1 c a n b e a fi e l d n a m e , a n a m e d c o n s t a n t , a fi g u r a t i v e c o n s t a n t ,
o r a l i t e r a l . I n a d d i t i o n , a K L I S T ( D e fi n e a C o m p o s i t e Ke y ) n a m e c a n
b e s p e c i fi e d i n f a c t o r 1 f o r a n e x t e r n a l l y d e s c r i b e d fi l e . I f a c c e s s i s b y
re l ati ve re cord nu mb e r, f actor 1 mu st con tai n an in te ge r li te ral or a
n u m e r i c fi e l d w i t h z e r o d e c i m a l p o s i t i o n s .
Fa c t o r 2 s p e c i fi e s t h e fi l e o r r e c o r d f o r m a t n a m e t h a t i s t o b e
r e a d . A r e c o r d f o r m a t n a m e i s v a l i d w i t h a n e x t e r n a l l y d e s c r i b e d fi l e .
I f f a c t o r 2 i s a fi l e n a m e a n d a c c e s s i s b y k e y , t h e C H A I N o p e r a t i o n
r e t r i e v e s t h e fi r s t r e c o r d t h a t m a t c h e s t h e s e a r c h a r g u m e n t .
3 . C LO S E ( C l o s e Fi l e s ) : T h e e x p l i c i t C LO S E o p e r a t i o n c l o s e s o n e o r m o r e fi l e s o r
d e v i c e s a n d d i s c o n n e c t s t h e m f r o m t h e p r o g r a m . T h e fi l e c a n n o t b e
u se d ag ai n in th e p rog ram u n le ss you sp e ci fy an expl i ci t O PE N f or th at
fi l e . A C LO S E o p e r a t i o n t o a n a l r e a d y c l o s e d fi l e d o e s n o t p r o d u c e a n
e r r o r. Fa c t o r 2 n a m e s t h e fi l e t o b e c l o s e d . Yo u c a n s p e c i f y t h e
k e y w o r d * A L L i n f a c t o r 2 t o c l o s e a l l t h e fi l e s a t o n c e . Yo u c a n n o t
s p e c i f y a n a r r a y o r t a b l e fi l e ( i d e n t i fi e d b y a T i n p o s i t i o n 1 6 o f t h e
fi l e d e s c r i p t i o n s p e c i fi c a t i o n s ) i n f a c t o r 2 .
4. COMIT (Commit) :The COMIT operation:
M a k e s a l l t h e c h a n g e s t o y o u r fi l e s t h a t h a v e b e e n
s p e c i fi e d i n o u t p u t o p e r a t i o n s s i n c e t h e p r e v i o u s C O M I T o r
R O L B K ( Ro l l B a c k ) o p e r a t i o n ( o r s i n c e t h e b e g i n n i n g o f
op e rati on s un d e r commi tme n t con trol i f the re h as b ee n n o
p re vi ou s CO MIT or RO LBK op e rati on ).
Re l e a s e s a l l t h e r e c o r d l o c k s f o r fi l e s y o u h a v e u n d e r
commi tme n t con trol .
T h e fi l e c h a n g e s a n d t h e r e c o r d - l o c k r e l e a s e s a p p l y t o a l l t h e
fi l e s y o u h a v e u n d e r c o m m i t m e n t c o n t r o l , w h e t h e r t h e c h a n g e s h a v e
b ee n re q u e ste d b y the p rog ra m i ssu in g th e CO MIT op e rati on , or b y
an oth e r p rog ram i n the same rou ti n g ste p . Th e p rog ram i ssu i ng th e
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C O M I T o p e r a t i o n d o e s n o t n e e d t o h a v e a n y fi l e s u n d e r c o m m i t - m e n t
c o n t r o l . T h e C O M I T o p e r a t i o n d o e s n o t c h a n g e t h e fi l e p o s i t i o n .
5 . D E L E T E ( D e l e t e Re c o r d )
T h e D E L E T E o p e r a t i o n d e l e t e s a r e c o r d f r o m a d a t a b a s e fi l e .
T h e fi l e m u s t b e a n u p d a t e fi l e ( i d e n t i fi e d b y a U i n p o s i t i o n 1 5 . o f t h e
fi l e d e s c r i p t i o n s p e c i fi c a t i o n s ) T h e d e l e t e d r e c o r d c a n n e v e r b e
re tri e ve d .
If factor 1 contains no entry, the DELET operation deletes the
cu rre n t re cord (th e l ast re cord re tri e ve d ). The re cord mu st h ave b ee n
l o cke d b y a p re v i o u s in p u t o p e r at i o n ( f o r ex am p l e , CH A IN o r RE A D ) .
Fa c t o r 1 , t h e s e a r c h a r g u m e n t , c a n c o n t a i n a ke y o r r e l a t i v e r e c o r d
n u m b e r t h a t i d e n t i fi e s t h e r e c o r d t o b e d e l e t e d . I f a c c e s s i s b y k e y ,
f a c t o r 1 c a n b e a fi e l d n a m e , a n a m e d c o n s t a n t , o r a l i t e r a l . I n
a d d i t i o n , a K L I S T n a m e c a n b e s p e c i fi e d i n
f a c t o r 1 f o r a n e x t e r n a l l y d e s c r i b e d fi l e . I f d u p l i c a t e r e c o r d s
e x i s t f o r t h e k e y , o n l y t h e fi r s t o f t h e d u p l i c a t e r e c o r d s i s d e l e t e d
f r o m t h e fi l e . I f a c c e s s i s b y r e l a t i v e r e c o r d n u m b e r , f a c t o r 1 m u s t
c o n t a i n a n i n t e g e r l i t e r a l o r a n u m e r i c fi e l d w i t h z e r o d e c i m a l
positions.
Fa c t o r 2 m u s t c o n t a i n t h e n a m e o f t h e u p d a t e fi l e o r t h e n a m e
o f a r e c o r d f o r m a t i n t h e fi l e f r o m w h i c h a r e c o r d i s t o b e d e l e t e d . A
r e c o r d f o r m a t n a m e i s v a l i d o n l y w i t h a n e x t e r n a l l y d e s c r i b e d fi l e . I f
f a c t o r 1 i s n o t s p e c i fi e d , t h e r e c o r d f o r m a t n a m e m u s t b e t h e n a m e o f
t h e l a s t r e c o r d r e a d f r o m t h e fi l e ; o t h e r w i s e , a n e r r o r o c c u r s .
6 . E XC P T ( C a l c u l a t i o n Ti m e O u t p u t )
7 . E X F M T ( Wr i t e / T h e n Re a d Fo r m a t )
8 . F E O D ( Fo r c e E n d o f D a t a )
9 . F O RC E ( Fo r c e a C e r t a i n Fi l e t o B e Re a d N e x t C y c l e )
10. NEXT (Next)
1 1 . O P E N ( O p e n Fi l e f o r P r o c e s s i n g )
1 2 . P O S T ( Po s t )
1 3 . R E A D ( Re a d a Re c o r d )
1 4 . R E A D C ( Re a d N e x t C h a n g e d Re c o r d )
1 5 . R E A D E ( Re a d E q u a l Ke y )
1 6 . R E A D P ( Re a d P r i o r Re c o r d )
1 7 . R E D P E ( Re a d P r i o r E q u a l )
1 8 . R E L ( Re l e a s e )
1 9 . R O L B K ( Ro l l B a c k )
2 0 . S E T GT ( S e t G r e a t e r T h a n )
21. SETLL (Set Lower Limit)
2 2 . U N L C K ( U n l o c k a D a t a A r e a o r Re l e a s e a Re c o r d )
2 3 . U P D AT E ( M o d i f y E x i s t i n g Re c o r d )
2 4 . W R I T E ( C r e a t e N e w Re c o r d s )
2 1 . W h a t i s t h e d i ff e r e n c e b e t w e e n S E T L L a n d S E T G T ?
T h e S E T L L o p e r a t i o n p o s i t i o n s a fi l e a t t h e n e x t r e c o r d t h a t h a s a
ke y o r re l at i v e re co rd nu m b e r t h at i s g re at e r t h an o r e qu al t o t he s e arch
a r g u m e n t ( k e y o r r e l a t i v e r e c o r d n u m b e r ) s p e c i fi e d i n f a c t o r 1 . T h e fi l e
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m u s t b e a f u l l p r o c e d u r a l fi l e ( i d e n t i fi e d b y a n F i n p o s i t i o n 1 6 o f t h e fi l e
d e s c r i p t i o n s p e c i fi c a t i o n s ) .
T h e S E T GT o p e r a t i o n p o s i t i o n s a fi l e a t t h e n e x t r e c o r d w i t h a ke y
o r re l at i v e re co rd nu m b e r t h at i s g re at e r t h an t h e ke y o r re l at i v e re co rd
n u m b e r s p e c i fi e d i n f a c t o r 1 . T h e fi l e m u s t b e a f u l l p r o c e d u r a l fi l e
( i d e n t i fi e d b y a n F i n p o s i t i o n 1 6 o f t h e fi l e d e s c r i p t i o n s p e c i fi c a t i o n s ) .
2 2 . W h a t i s t h e d i ff e r e n c e b e t w e e n R E A D R E A D E R E A D C R E A D P a n d
READPE?
R EAD : - Th e RE AD op e rati on re ad s th e re cord , cu rre n tl y p oin te d to,
f r o m a f u l l p r o c e d u r a l fi l e
READC :- The READC operation can be used only with an externally
d e s c r i b e d W O R K S T N fi l e t o o b t a i n t h e n e x t c h a n g e d r e c o r d i n a s u b fi l e .
R EADE :- The RE AD E op e rati on re tri e ve s th e next seq u e n ti al re cord
f r o m a f u l l p r o c e d u r a l fi l e ( i d e n t i fi e d b y a n F i n p o s i t i o n 1 6 o f t h e fi l e
d e s c r i p t i o n s p e c i fi c a t i o n s ) i f t h e k e y o f t h e r e c o r d m a t c h e s t h e s e a r c h
arg u m e n t . If t h e key o f th e re co rd d oe s n o t m at ch t h e s e arch arg u m e n t ,
t h e i n d i c a t o r t h a t m u s t b e s p e c i fi e d i n p o s i t i o n s 5 8 a n d 5 9 i s s e t o n , a n d
th e re cord i s
n ot re tu rn e d to the p rog ra m.
I n a p r o g r a m t h a t c o n t a i n s a p r i m a r y fi l e , t h e l a s t r e c o r d i n d i c a t o r
( L R ) i s s e t o n b y a f t e r t h e l a s t r e c o r d f r o m a p r i m a r y / s e c o n d a r y fi l e h a s
b e e n p r o c e s s e d , o r i t c a n b e s e t o n b y t h e p r o g r a m m e r. T h e L R i n d i c a t o r
can b e u se d to con d i ti on cal cu l ati on an d ou tp u t op e rati on s th at are to be
d on e at th e e nd of th e p rog ram. Wh e n th e LR in d i cator i s se t on , al l
oth e r con trol le ve l i nd i cators (L1 th rou g h L9) are al so se t on . If an y of
t h e i n d i c a t o r s L 1 t h r o u g h L 9 h a v e n o t b e e n d e fi n e d a s c o n t r o l l e v e l
i nd i cator s, as re cord id e n ti fyin g
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b y \INxx, th e in di cato rs are se t on wh e n LR i s se t on , bu t th e y can n ot be
u s e d i n o t h e r s p e c i fi c a t i o n s .
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s p e c i fi c p u r p o s e :
A d a t a a r e a d a t a s t r u c t u r e ( i d e n t i fi e d b y a U i n p o s i t i o n 1 8 o f t h e
d ata stru ctu re state me n t)
A fi l e i n f o r m a t i o n d a t a s t r u c t u r e ( r e f e r r e d t o b y t h e ke y w o r d I N F D S
o n a fi l e d e s c r i p t i o n s p e c i fi c a t i o n s c o n t i n u a t i o n l i n e )
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th e d ata stru ctu re state me n t).
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f or a p rog ram- d e scri b e d d ata stru ctu re mu st imme d i atel y f oll ow th e d ata
stru ctu re state me n t.
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2 5 . E x p l a i n D a t a A r e a ? W h a t a r e t h e d i ff e r e n t t y p e s o f D a t a A r e a
available in AS/400?
A d ata are a i s an ob je ct u sed to h old d ata f or acce ss b y an y job
ru n ni n g on th e syste m. A d ata are a can b e u se d wh e ne ve r you ne ed
to store i nf ormati on of l i mi te d si ze , i nd e p en d e n t of the exi ste n ce of
p r o c e d u r e s o r fi l e s . Ty p i c a l u s e s o f d a t a a r e a s a r e :
To p r o v i d e a n a r e a ( p e r h a p s w i t h i n e a c h j o b s Q T E M P
library) to pass information within a job.
To p r o v i d e a fi e l d t h a t i s e a s i l y a n d f r e q u e n t l y c h a n g e d t o
con trol re f e re n ce s wi th in a j ob , su ch as:
Supplying the next order number to be assigned
Supplying the next check number
S u p pl yi ng th e next save /re sto re me di a volu me to be
used
To p r o v i d e a c o n s t a n t fi e l d f o r u s e i n s e v e r a l j o b s , s u c h a s a
tax rate or distribution list.
To p r o v i d e l i m i t e d a c c e s s t o a l a r g e r p r o c e s s t h a t r e q u i r e s
t h e d a t a a r e a . A d a t a a r e a c a n b e l o c ke d t o a s i n g l e u s e r ,
th u s p re ve n ti ng oth e r u se rs f rom p roce ssi n g at the same
time.
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1.
Local D ata Are a :A local d ata are a i s cre ate d f or e ach j ob in the syste m,
i n clu d i ng au tost art j ob s, job s starte d on th e syste m b y a re ad e r, an d
su b syste m mon i tor job s. The syste m cre ate s a l ocal d ata are a, wh i ch
i s i n i t i a l l y fi l l e d w i t h b l a n k s , w i t h a l e n g t h o f 1 0 2 4 a n d t y p e * C H A R.
When you submit a job using the SBMJOB command, the value of the
su b mi tti ng j ob s local d ata are a i s cop i e d in to the su b mi tte d j ob s
l o c a l d a t a a r e a . Yo u c a n r e f e r t o y o u r j o b s l o c a l d a t a a r e a b y
s p e c i f y i n g * L D A f o r t h e D TA A RA k e y w o r d o n t h e C H G D TA A RA ,
RT V D TA A RA , a n d D S P D TA A RA c o m m a n d s o r * L D A f o r t h e s u b s t r i n g
built-in function (%SST).
Th e f oll owi n g i s true of a l ocal d ata are a:
Th e l ocal d ata are a can n ot b e re f e rre d to f rom an y oth e r j ob .
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2.
Yo u c a n n o t c r e a t e , d e l e t e , o r a l l o c a t e a l o c a l d a t a a r e a .
No li b rary i s associ ate d wi th the l ocal d ata are a.
Yo u c a n n o t c h a n g e t h e l o c a l d a t a a r e a i n a s e c o n d a r y t h r e a d .
Th e ILE CL comp i l e r g en e rate s cod e to en su re th at a p roce d u re
ru n ni n g in a se con d ary th re ad can n ot acce s s th e l ocal d ata are a
wh il e a p roce d u re run n in g i n th e i ni ti al th re ad i s ch an g i n g i t.
Grou p D ata Are a: -
P r o g r a m I n i t i a l i z a t i o n Pa r a m e t e r ( P I P ) D a t a A r e a : -
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2 6 . W h a t i s t h e d i ff e r e n c e b e t w e e n a b a t c h j o b a n d i n t e r a c t i v e
job?
A
batch
job
does
not
re q u i re
constant
interaction
with
the
c o m p u t e r. O n c e y o u h a v e s u b m i t t e d a b a t c h j o b , y o u a r e f r e e t o d o o t h e r
work
at
your
workstation
without
waiting
for
the
job
to
run.
Tw o
as selecting an
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D LT O V R
T h e D e l e t e O v e r r i d e c o m m a n d d e l e t e s o n e o r m o r e fi l e o v e r r i d e s ,
i n c l u d i n g o v e r r i d e s f o r m e s s a g e fi l e s t h a t w e r e p r e v i o u s l y s p e c i fi e d
in a call level.
DSPOVR
T h e D i s p l a y O v e r r i d e c o m m a n d d i s p l a y s fi l e o v e r r i d e s a t a n y a c t i v e
cal l l e ve l , acti vati on g rou p le vel , or j ob l e ve l f or a j ob .
OVRDBF
T h e O v e r r i d e w i t h D a t a b a s e Fi l e c o m m a n d i v e r r i d e s ( r e p l a c e s ) t h e
d a t a b a s e fi l e n a m e d i n t h e p r o g r a m , o v e r r i d e s c e r t a i n p a r a m e t e r s o f
a d a t a b a s e fi l e t h a t i s u s e d b y t h e p r o g r a m , o r o v e r r i d e s t h e fi l e a n d
c e r t a i n p a r a m e t e r s o f t h e fi l e t o b e p r o c e s s e d .
OVRDKTF
The Override with
d i s ke t t e fi l e n a m e d
d i s ke t t e fi l e t h a t i s
certain parameters
D i s ke t t e Fi l e c o m m a n d o v e r r i d e s ( r e p l a c e s ) t h e
in th e p rog ram, ove rri d e s ce rtai n p arame te rs of a
u s e d b y t h e p r o g r a m , o r o v e r r i d e s t h e fi l e a n d
o f t h e fi l e t o b e p r o c e s s e d .
OVRDSPF
T h e O v e r r i d e w i t h D i s p l a y Fi l e c o m m a n d o v e r r i d e s ( r e p l a c e s ) t h e
d i s p l a y fi l e n a m e d i n t h e p r o g r a m , o v e r r i d e s c e r t a i n p a r a m e t e r s o f a
d i s p l a y fi l e t h a t i s u s e d b y t h e p r o g r a m , o r o v e r r i d e s t h e fi l e a n d
c e r t a i n p a r a m e t e r s o f t h e fi l e t o b e p r o c e s s e d .
OVRICFF
T h e O v e r r i d e w i t h I n t e r s y s t e m C o m m u n i c a t i o n s Fu n c t i o n Fi l e
c o m m a n d o v e r r i d e s t h e fi l e t h a t i s n a m e d i n t h e p r o g r a m , a n d
o v e r r i d e s c e r t a i n p a r a m e t e r s o f t h e p r o c e s s e d fi l e .
OVRMSGF
T h e O v e r r i d e w i t h M e s s a g e Fi l e c o m m a n d o v e r r i d e s a m e s s a g e fi l e
th at i s u se d i n a p rog ram. The ru l e s f or ap p l yin g th e ove rri de s in th i s
c o m m a n d a r e d i ff e r e n t f r o m t h e o t h e r o v e r r i d e c o m m a n d s .
O V R P RT F
T h e O v e r r i d e w i t h P r i n t e r Fi l e c o m m a n d o v e r r i d e s ( r e p l a c e s ) t h e
p r i n t e r fi l e n a m e d i n t h e p r o g r a m , o v e r r i d e s c e r t a i n p a r a m e t e r s o f a
p r i n t e r fi l e t h a t i s u s e d b y t h e p r o g r a m , o r o v e r r i d e s t h e fi l e a n d
c e r t a i n p a r a m e t e r s o f t h e fi l e t o b e p r o c e s s e d .
O V R S AV F
T h e O v e r r i d e w i t h S a v e Fi l e c o m m a n d o v e r r i d e s ( r e p l a c e s ) t h e fi l e
n a m e d i n t h e p r o g r a m , o v e r r i d e s c e r t a i n a t t r i b u t e s o f a fi l e t h a t i s
u s e d b y t h e p r o g r a m , o r o v e r r i d e s t h e fi l e a n d c e r t a i n a t t r i b u t e s o f
t h e fi l e t o b e p r o c e s s e d .
O V RTA P F
T h e O v e r r i d e w i t h Ta p e Fi l e c o m m a n d o v e r r i d e s ( r e p l a c e s ) t h e fi l e
n a m e d i n t h e p r o g r a m , o v e r r i d e s c e r t a i n a t t r i b u t e s o f a fi l e t h a t i s
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u s e d b y t h e p r o g r a m , o r o v e r r i d e s t h e fi l e a n d c e r t a i n a t t r i b u t e s o f
t h e fi l e t o b e p r o c e s s e d .
2 9 . W h a t a r e t h e B e n e fi t s o f O v e r r i d i n g ?
O ve rri de s are p arti cu l arl y u sef u l f or mak i ng mi n or ch an ge s to th e
way a p rog ram fu n cti on s or f or sel e cti n g the d ata on wh i ch i t ope rate s
wi th ou t h avi ng to re comp i l e th e p rog ram. Th e i r p ri n ci p al val u e i s in
al l owi ng you to u se ge n e ral - pu rp ose p rog rams in a wi de r vari e ty of
ci rcu ms tan ce s. Examp l e s of i te ms wh e re you can u se ove rri d e s in cl u d e
the following:
C h a n g i n g t h e n a m e o f t h e fi l e t o p r o c e s s
S e l e c t i n g t h e d a t a b a s e fi l e m e m b e r t o p r o c e s s
Indicating whether to spool output
D i r e c t i n g o u t p u t t o a d i ff e r e n t t a p e u n i t
Changing printer characteristics such as lines per inch and
number of copies
S e l e c t i n g t h e r e m o t e l o c a t i o n t o u s e w i t h a n I C F fi l e
Changing the characteristics of a communications session
3 0 . S N D N E T F, S N D N E T M S G , S N D P G M M S G , S N D J R N E
T h e S e n d N e t w o r k F i l e ( S N D N E T F ) c o m m a n d s e n d s a s a v e fi l e o r a
m e m b e r o f a p h y s i c a l d a t a b a s e fi l e t o a n o t h e r u s e r o n t h e l o c a l s y s t e m
or on a re mote syste m th rou g h th e S NAD S ne twork .
The Send Network Message (SNDNETMSG) command sends a message
to an oth e r u se r on th e l ocal or a re mote syste m th rou g h th e S NAD S
network.
The Send Program Message (SNDPGMMSG) command sends a
message to a named message queue or to a call message queue.
A call
T h e m e s s a g e q u e u e i s i d e n t i fi e d b y t h e n a m e o f i t s a s s o c i a t e d
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information.
The user may assign an entry type to the journal entry and
m a y a l s o a s s o c i a t e t h e j o u r n a l e n t r y w i t h a s p e c i fi e d j o u r n a l e d o b j e c t .
31. What is Service Program, Dynamic Program Calls, Static
Program Calls ?
A se rvi ce p rog ram i s a col le cti on of run n ab l e p roce d u re s an d
avai l ab l e d ata ite ms e asil y an d d i re ctl y acce ssi b l e b y oth e r ILE p rog ram s
or se rvi ce p rog rams. In man y re sp e cts, a se rvi ce p rog ra m i s si mil ar to a
s u b r o u t i n e l i b r a r y o r p r o c e d u r e l i b r a r y. S e r v i c e p r o g r a m s p r o v i d e
common services that other ILE objects may need; hence the name
se rvi ce p rog ra m.
3 2 . C a n p r i n t e r fi l e b e d e c l a r e d i n c l p r o g r a m ?
N o . T h e fi l e m u s t e i t h e r b e a d a t a b a s e fi l e w i t h o n l y o n e r e c o r d
f o r m a t o r b e a d i s p l a y fi l e .
33. What is activation group?
Al l ILE p rog rams an d se rvi ce p rog rams are acti vate d wi th i n a
su b stru ctu re of a j ob cal l ed an acti vati on g rou p . Thi s su b stru ctu re
con tai n s th e re sou rce s ne ce ssary to ru n th e p rog rams. The se re sou rce s
fall into the following general categories:
Dynamic storage
Te m p o r a r y d a t a m a n a g e m e n t r e s o u r c e s
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35. What is Commitment Control?
C o m m i t m e n t c o n t r o l i s a f u n c t i o n t h a t a l l o w s y o u t o d e fi n e a n d
p r o c e s s a g r o u p o f c h a n g e s t o t h e d a t a b a s e fi l e s o r t a b l e s a s a l o g i c a l
unit of work.
3 6 . C a n w e u s e M u l t i f o r m a t l o g i c a l fi l e i n a C L p r o g r a m ?
N o . T h e fi l e m u s t e i t h e r b e a d a t a b a s e fi l e w i t h o n l y o n e r e c o r d
f o r m a t o r b e a d i s p l a y fi l e .
3 7 . W h a t i s t h e S i m i l a r i t i e s a n d d i ff e r e n c e b e t w e e n I L E a n d O P M ?
OPM
Prog ram
Comp il ati on re su l ts i n a ru nn ab l e
p rog ram
Compile, run
Ru n u n i t s s i m u l a t e d f o r e a c h
language
D yn ami c p rog ram cal l
Single-language focus
L a n g u a g e - s p e c i fi c e r r o r h a n d l i n g
OPM debuggers
ILE
Prog ram, Se rvi ce p rog ram
Comp il ati on re su l ts i n a n on
runnable module object
Compile, bind, run
Acti vati on g rou p s
D yn ami c p rog ram cal l S tati c
p roce d u re cal l
M i xe d - l a n g u a g e f o c u s
Common e rror h and l in g Lan g u ag e s p e c i fi c e r r o r h a n d l i n g
S ou rce - l e ve l de b u g ge r
a c c o r d i n g t o t h e Fr o m a n d To s t r i n g s ( b o t h i n f a c t o r 1 ) a n d p u t i n t o
a r e c e i v e r fi e l d ( r e s u l t fi e l d ) . S o u r c e c h a r- a c t e r s w i t h a m a t c h i n
t h e Fr o m s t r i n g a r e t r a n s l a t e d t o c o r r e s p o n d i n g c h a r a c t e r s i n t h e To
s t r i n g . X L AT E s t a r t s t r a n s l a t i n g t h e s o u r c e a t t h e l o c a t i o n s p e c i fi e d
i n f actor 2 an d con ti n u e s ch aracte r b y ch aracte r, f rom le ft to ri g h t.
I f a c h a r a c t e r o f t h e s o u r c e s t r i n g e x i s t s i n t h e Fr o m s t r i n g , t h e
c o r r e s p o n d i n g c h a r a c t e r i n t h e To s t r i n g i s p l a c e d i n t h e r e s u l t
fi e l d . A n y c h a r a c t e r s i n t h e s o u r c e fi e l d b e f o r e t h e s t a r t i n g p o s i t i o n
a r e p l a c e d u n c h a n g e d i n t h e r e s u l t fi e l d .
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Fa c t o r 1 m u s t c o n t a i n t h e Fr o m s t r i n g , f o l l o w e d b y a c o l o n ,
f o l l o w e d b y t h e To s t r i n g . T h e Fr o m a n d To s t r i n g s c a n c o n t a i n o n e
o f t h e f o l l o w i n g : a fi e l d n a m e , a r r a y e l e m e n t , n a m e d c o n s t a n t , d a t a
stru ctu re n ame , li te ral , or tab le n ame .
Fa c t o r 2 m u s t c o n t a i n e i t h e r t h e s o u r c e s t r i n g o r t h e s o u r c e
string followed by a colon and the start location. The source string
p o r t i o n o f f a c t o r 2 m u s t b e c h a r- a c t e r ,
f o l l o w i n g : a fi e l d n a m e , a r r a y e l e m e n t , n a m e d c o n s t a n t , d a t a
s t r u c t u r e n a m e , d a t a s t r u c t u r e s u b fi e l d , l i t e r a l , o r t a b l e n a m e . T h e
start location portion of factor 2 must be numeric with no decimal
p o s i t i o n s a n d c a n b e a n a m e d c o n s t a n t , a r r a y e l e m e n t , fi e l d n a m e ,
l i t e r a l , o r t a b l e n a m e . I f n o s t a r t l o c a t i o n i s s p e c i fi e d , a v a l u e o f 1
i s u s e d . T h e r e s u l t fi e l d c a n b e a c h a r a c t e r fi e l d , c h a r a c t e r a r r a y
e le me n t, d ata stru ctu re or a ch ara cte r tab l e . The l en g th of th e
r e s u l t fi e l d s h o u l d b e a s l a r g e a s t h e s o u r c e s t r i n g s p e c i fi e d i n
f a c t o r 2 . I f t h e r e s u l t fi e l d i s l a r g e r t h a n t h e s o u r c e s t r i n g , t h e
r e s u l t w i l l b e l e f t a d j u s t e d . I f t h e r e s u l t fi e l d i s s h o r t e r t h a n t h e
s o u r c e s t r i n g , t h e r e s u l t fi e l d w i l l c o n t a i n t h e l e f t m o s t p a r t o f t h e
tran sl ate d sou rce .
3 9 . Ty p e s o f a r r ay s ? E x p l a i n t h e m .
Th e re are th re e typ e s of arrays:
Yo u r p r o g r a m l o a d s t h e r u n - t i m e a r r a y w h i l e i t i s r u n n i n g .
Th e comp i l e- ti me array i s l oad e d whe n you r p rog ra m i s cre ate d . It
b e come s a p e rman e n t p art of you r p rog ram.
T h e p r e r u n - t i m e a r r a y i s l o a d e d f r o m a n a r r a y fi l e w h e n y o u r
p rog ram be g i n s ru nn i n g , be f ore an y in p u t, cal cu l ati on , or ou tp u t
op e rati on s are p roce sse d .
40. How do u send and receive data to data Queue?
C A L L Q S N D D TA Q PA R M ( D TA Q 1 Q G P L & F L D L E N & F I E L D )
C A L L Q RC V D TA Q PA R M ( D TA Q 1 Q G P L & F L D L E N & F I E L D & WA I T )
41. How do u send data to data area using CL and RPG?
IN CL :-
C H G D TA A RA D TA A RA ( ( M Y L I B / D A 1 ) ( 5 4 ) ) VA LU E ( ' v a l u e ' )
IN RPG :* N A M VA R
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IN
LO C A L VA R I A B L E N A M E
LO C A L VA R I A B L E N A M E
OUT
IN ILE RPG :* D TA RA
NAME
DEFINE
IN
OUT
D ATA A R E A - N A M E
LO C A L VA R I A B L E
LO C A L VA R I A B L E N A M E
LO C A L VA R I A B L E N A M E
Description
M a x i m u m Va l u e
Nu mb e r of b yte s i n a re cord
32,766
bytes
N u m b e r o f fi e l d s i n a r e c o r d f o r m a t
8 , 0 0 0 fi e l d s
N u m b e r o f k e y fi e l d s i n a fi l e
1 2 0 fi e l d s
S i z e o f k e y f o r p h y s i c a l a n d l o g i c a l fi l e s
2000
characters
S i z e o f k e y f o r O R D E R BY ( S Q L ) a n d K E Y F L D ( O P N Q RY F ) 1 0 , 0 0 0 b y t e s
N u m b e r o f r e c o r d s c o n t a i n e d i n a fi l e m e m b e r
4,294,967,294 re cord s
N u m b e r o f b y t e s i n a fi l e m e m b e r
266,757,734,400 bytes
Number of bytes in an access path
1,099,511,627,776bytes
N u m b e r o f k e y e d l o g i c a l fi l e s b u i l t o v e r a p h y s i c a l fi l e
member
3 , 6 8 6 fi l e s
N u m b e r o f p h y s i c a l fi l e m e m b e r s i n a l o g i c a l fi l e m e m b e r 3 2 m e m b e r s
Number of members that can be joined
32 members
S i z e o f a c h a r a c t e r o r D B C S fi e l d
32,766 bytes
4
S i z e o f a z o n e d d e c i m a l o r p a c k e d d e c i m a l fi e l d
31 digits
M a x i m u m n u m b e r o f c o n s t r a i n t s p e r p h y s i c a l fi l e s
300
constraints
M a x i m u m n u m b e r o f t r i g g e r s p e r p h y s i c a l fi l e s
6 triggers
Maxi mu m n u mb e r of re cu rsi ve in se rt an d u p d ate tri g ge r
Calls
200
44. How to Debug a Batch Job ?
U sin g you r in te racti ve scre e n to de b u g a b atch j ob sub mi tte d
to the job queue allows you to put the batch job into debug mode and to
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se t b re ak p oi n ts wi th ou t h avi n g to ch an ge th e p rog ram to ru n
i n t e r a c t i v e l y.
1. Submit the job with the HOLD (*YES) parameter: SBMJOB HOLD (*YES)
or H old th e j ob qu e ue th at be f ore su b mi ttin g th e j ob b y u si n g the
HLDJOBQ command.
2. Determine the job name, user, and number of the submitted job by
using the WRKSBMJOB command.
3 . Ty p e t h e S t a r t S e r v i c e J o b c o m m a n d o n y o u r s c r e e n : S T R S RV J O B J O B
(job name/user/number)
4 . Ty p e t h e S t a r t D e b u g c o m m a n d o n y o u r s c r e e n : S T R D B G
5 . Re l e a s e t h e j o b i n t h e j o b q . Ty p e W R K S B M J O B a n d t h e n p u t a 6 b e s i d e
th e j ob to b e re le ase d an d p re ss en te r, or, if th e j ob q u eu e was pu t on
h ol d , re l e ase th e job q u eu e wi th th e RLS JO BQ comman d .
6. A di sp l ay ap p e ars whe n th e j ob i s re ad y to start, sayi n g th at you can
n ow b e gi n d eb u g gi n g th e job . Pre ss F10 to sh ow th e Comman d E ntry
d i s p l a y.
7 . N o w y o u c a n s t a r t d e b u g g i n g b y e n t e r i n g a n A d d B r e a k Po i n t
command: ADDBKP
4 5 . E x p l a i n t h e u s e o f Tr i g g e r s
Tr i g g e r s i n t h e d a t a b a s e a l l o w y o u t o d o t h e f o l l o w i n g :
E nf orce bu si n e ss ru le s
Va l i d a t e i n p u t d a t a
G e n e r a t e a u n i q u e v a l u e f o r a n e w l y i n s e r t e d r o w o n a d i ff e r e n t fi l e
(su rrog a te fu n cti on )
Wr i t e t o o t h e r fi l e s f o r a u d i t t r a i l p u r p o s e s
Q u e r y f r o m o t h e r fi l e s f o r c r o s s - r e f e r e n c i n g p u r p o s e s
Re p l i c a t e d a t a t o d i ff e r e n t fi l e s t o a c h i e v e d a t a c o n s i s t e n c y
4 6 . W h a t a r e d i ff e r e n t t y p e s o f fi l e s ?
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4 8 . W h a t a r e d i ff e r e n t t y p e s o f L o g i c a l fi l e s ? M a n d a t o r y K e y w o r d
in Join LF?
A.
B.
C.
S i m p l e l o g i c a l fi l e
M u l t i f o r m a t L o g i c a l Fi l e
J o i n L o g i c a l Fi l e
M an d at o r y ke y w o rd s in JL F are
JFILE
JOIN
JFLD
4 9. Is P GM and ENDP GM mandatory keyw ords in CL pgm ?
No.
50. What type of Data Areas can you access from PRG pgm?
All
5 1 . H o w m a n y p r i n t e r fi l e s c a n y o u d e c l a r e i n a C L p g m ?
0
52. How many types of libraries are there? What are their
d i ff e r e n c e s ?
Te s t L i b r a r y a n d P r o d u c t L i b r a r y
5 3 . N a m e 2 C L c o m m a n d s p e r m i t t i n g t o c o p y a fi l e f r o m a l i b r a r y
to other one?
C O P Y F , C P Y F R M Q RY F
5 4 . H o w d o u fi n d f a u l t s / b u g s / e r r o r s i n t h e l o g i c ?
Debugging
5 5 . W h a t i s t h e d i ff e r e n c e b e t w e e n C F a n d C A ?
CF wi ll re tu rn all th e val ue s f rom scre e n to p rog ram
CA won t re tu rn an y val u e to th e p rog ram
56. How many Program Entry Points (PEP) can be there for a
program
1
5 7 . O P N Q RY F ? ? W h y d o u g o f o r t h i s ?
The Open Query File (OPNQRYF) command is a CL command that allows you to
perform many data processing functions on database files. Essentially, the OPNQRYF
command acts as a filter between the processing program and the database records. The
database file can be a physical or logical file. Unlike the Create Physical File (CRTPF) or
Create Logical File (CRTLF) commands, the OPNQRYF command creates only a temporary file
for processing the data; it does not create a permanent file.
The OPNQRYF command has functions similar to those in DDS, and the CRTPF and
CRTLF commands. DDS requires source statements and a separate step to create the file.
OPNQRYF allows a dynamic definition without using DDS. The OPNQRYF command does not
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support all of the DDS functions, but it supports significant functions that go beyond the
capabilities of DDS. In addition, Query for iSeries can be used to perform some of the
function the OPNQRYF command performs. However, the OPNQRYF command is more useful
as a programmers tool.
The OPNQRYF command parameters also have many functions similar to the SQL
SELECT statements. For example, the FILE parameter is similar to the SQL FROM statement,
the QRYSLT parameter is similar to the SQL WHERE statement, the GRPFLD parameter is
similar to the SQL GROUP BY statement, and the GRPSLT parameter is similar to the SQL
HAVING statement. For more information about SQL,
The following is a list of the major functions supplied by OPNQRYF.
Dynamic join
Unique-key processing
Group processing
Improving performance
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U P D AT E , D E L E T E , A D D , R E A D
6 7 . H o w d o y o u c h e c k w h e t h e r t h e fi l e h a s d u p l i c a t e r e c o r d s ?
68. Explain what is Subsystem in relation to jobs
69. What are various test functions?
(A)
TEST (Test Date/Time/Timestamp)
(B)
(C)
T E S T Z ( Te s t Z o n e )
7 0 . E x p l a i n D i ff e r e n t t y p e s o f i n d i c a t o r s
71. What's *NETF?
7 2 . H o w t o p r i n t a s p o o l fi l e w h i l e w e w a n t k e e p i n g i t i n a n
*OUTQ?
G i v e S AV E p r o p e r t y t o * Y E S
73. How do we lock record?
74. What is philosophy in relation to the utilization of indicators?
7 5 . W h a t i s t h e d i ff e r e n c e b e t w e e n a m o d u l e a n d a p r o g r a m ?
7 6 . W h a t d o u m e a n b y B i n d D i r e c t o r y, P r o c e d u r e , H i d d e n F i l e s ,
Module
7 7 . D i ff e r e n c e b e t w e e n m o v e a n d e v a l o p c o d e s ?
78. Both pf and lf should reside in same library?
No
7 9 . H o w d o u k n o w h o w m a n y p r i n t e r fi l e s a r e a t t a c h e d t o y o u r
system ?
80. How do u know that your process has gone to loop?
8 1 . D i ff e r e n c e b e t w e e n o p n q r y f a n d l o g i c a l fi l e .
8 2 . W h a t i s t h e d i ff e r e n c e b e t w e e n I L E C L a n d C L / 4 0 0 ?
8 3 . W h a t i s t h e d i ff e r e n c e b e t w e e n t h e S t a n d a l o n e fi e l d a n d
normal variable in RPG pgm?
8 4 . W h a t d o y o u m e a n b y P r i m a r y fi l e , S e c o n d a r y fi l e , P r o g r a m
d e s c r i b e d fi l e , E x t e r n a l l y d e s c r i b e d fi l e .
8 5 . D i ff e r e n c e b e t w e e n C A L L , C A L L B , C A L L P.
86. What are indicators? Why do we use Indicators?
8 7 . W h a t a r e t h e d i ff e r e n t t y p e s o f i n d i c a t o r s ?
88. What is a subsystem? What are they?
89. What are Pools? What are they?
90. What is an auto start job?
91. What is a pre start job?
92. How many types of MONMSG are there??
93. How many MONMSG commands can you declare in CL Pgm??
94. What are folders? Why do you use folders?
9 5 . W h a t a r e B u i l t i n Fu n c t i o n s i n R P G ? ?
96. Explain the use of %SUBST with example?
97. How do you lock a data area??
9 8 . J o u r n a l i n g ? Ta b l e s ?
9 9 . D i ff e r e n c e b e t w e e n a r r ay s a n d t a b l e s .
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100. How do you debug your Pgms? Can u change a pgm in
Production library
While debugging? How?
1 0 1 . H o w d o y o u d e fi n e H e l p f o r y o u r d i s p l ay fi l e ? ?
102. What are the types of authorities?? What are they?
103. What authority should you posses to delete a library?
104. What command do you use to give and remove an object
special [extra]
Authority?
105. Can you tell me about access path maintenance? Page 128
1 0 6 . W h a t a r e e l i m i n a t i o n s o f R LU ? P a g e 2 1 9
1 0 7 . D i ff e r e n c e b e t w e e n S u b p r o g r a m & S u b r o u t i n e ?
1 0 8 . W h a t i s a n o u t fi l e ?
1 0 9 . H o w t o d e l e t e a r e c o r d f r o m a P h y s i c a l fi l e w i t h o u t
Read or Chain ?
S p e cify th e ke y v alu e s i n t he f act o r 1 o f DE L E TE o p co d e
using
Input
Input
Output
Output
Input
Char(10)
Char(10)
Packed(5,0)
Char(*)
Packed(5,0)
Input
Input
I/O
Input
Output
Char(2)
Packed(3,0)
Char(*)
Packed(3,0)
Char(*)
Input
Input
I/O
Char(10)
Packed(5,0)
Char(*)
1 1 1 . E x p l a i n a b o u t d i ff e r e n t E x t e n d e r s i n R P G I V
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(A) Always perform a dump, even if DEBUG(*NO) is specified
(D) Pass operational descriptors on bound call
(D) Date field
(E) Error handling
(H) Half adjust (round the numeric result)
(M) Default precision rules
(N) Do not lock record
(N) Set pointer to *NULL after successful DEALLOC
(N) Do not force data to non-volatile storage
(P) Pad the result with blanks or zeros
(R) .Result Decimal Position. precision rules
(T) Time field
(Z) Timestamp field
112. Explain various Date operation in RPG IV
Operation
Traditional Syntax
Free-Form Syntax
Add Duration
ADDDUR (Add Duration)
+ operator
Extract
EXTRCT (Extract
%SUBDT (Extract a Portion of a
Subtract Duration
Convert date/time
Date/Time/Timestamp)
SUBDUR (Subtract
Duration)
Timestamp Values)
%CHAR (Convert to Character
/timestamp to
(Move Left)
character
Convert date /time
/timestamp to numeric
Convert
(Move Left)
MOVE (Move) or MOVEL
Decimal Format)
%DATE (Convert to Date)
character/numeric to
(Move Left)
date
Convert
character/numeric to
(Move Left)
time
Convert character
%TIMESTAMP (Convert to
/numeric /date to
(Move Left)
Timestamp)
timestamp
Move date/time to
date + time
timestamp
(Move Left)
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Test
Number
Number
Number
Number
Number
Number
Number
of
of
of
of
of
of
of
Years
Months
Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Microseconds
113. Explain various Compare operation in RPG IV
Operation
Traditional Syntax
Free-Form Syntax
And
ANDxx (And)
AND operator
Compare
COMP (Compare)
=, <, >, <=, >=, or <>
Compare and Branch
Conditional
operator
(not allowed)
IF (If) and EXSR (Invoke
Subroutine
Do Until
Subroutine)
DOU (Do Until) or DOUxx (Do
Subroutine)
DOU (Do Until)
Do While
Until)
DOW (Do While) or DOWxx
If
Or
When
(Do While)
IF (If) or IFxx (If)
ORxx (Or)
WHEN (When True Then Select)
IF (If)
OR operator
WHEN (When True Then
Select)
Select)
114. Explain various Branching operation in RPG IV
Operation
Compare and Branch
Go To
Iterate
Leave
Leave a subroutine
Tag
Traditional Syntax
CABxx (Compare and Branch)
GOTO (Go To)
ITER (Iterate)
LEAVE (Leave a Do/For Group)
LEAVESR (Leave a Subroutine)
TAG (Tag)
Number of
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Free-Form Syntax
(Not allowed)
(Not allowed)
(not allowed)
a r r ay o p e r a t i o n i n R P G I V
Traditional Syntax
LOOKUP (Look Up a Table or
Free-Form Syntax
%LOOKUPxx (Look Up an Array
Array Element)
a Table Element)
%ELEM (Get Number of Elements)
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Elements
Move an Array
Sort an Array
Subset an Array
Sum the Elements
of an Array
Elements of an Array)
Elements)
Traditional Syntax
Free-Form Syntax
Concatenate
Check
Check Reverse
Create
Replace
Scan
Substring
Translate
Trim Blanks
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18.%EDITC (Edit Value Using an Editcode)
19.%EDITFLT (Convert to Float External Representation)
20.%EDITW (Edit Value Using an Editword)
21.%ELEM (Get Number of Elements)
22.%EOF (Return End or Beginning of File Condition)
23.%EQUAL (Return Exact Match Condition)
24.%ERROR (Return Error Condition)
25.%FIELDS (Fields to update)
26.%FLOAT (Convert to Floating Format)
27.%FOUND (Return Found Condition)
28.%GRAPH (Convert to Graphic Value)
29.%HOURS (Number of Hours)
30.%INT (Convert to Integer Format)
31.%KDS (Search Arguments in Data Structure)
32.%LEN (Get or Set Length)
33.%LOOKUPxx (Look Up an Array Element)
34.%MINUTES (Number of Minutes)
35.%MONTHS (Number of Months)
36.%MSECONDS (Number of Microseconds)
37.%NULLIND (Query or Set Null Indicator)
38.%OCCUR (Set/Get Occurrence of a Data Structure)
39.%OPEN (Return File Open Condition)
40.%PADDR (Get Procedure Address)
41.%PARMS (Return Number of Parameters)
42.%REALLOC (Reallocate Storage)
43.%REM (Return Integer Remainder)
44.%REPLACE (Replace Character String)
45.%SCAN (Scan for Characters)
46.%SECONDS (Number of Seconds)
47.%SHTDN (Shut Down)
48.%SIZE (Get Size in Bytes)
49.%SQRT (Square Root of Expression)
50.%STATUS (Return File or Program Status)
51.%STR (Get or Store Null-Terminated String)
52.%SUBARR (Set/Get Portion of an Array)
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53.%SUBDT (Extract a Portion of a Date, Time, or Timestamp)
54.%SUBST (Get Substring)
55.%THIS (Return Class Instance for Native Method)
56.%TIME (Convert to Time)
57.%TIMESTAMP (Convert to Timestamp)
58.%TLOOKUPxx (Look Up a Table Element)
59.%TRIM (Trim Characters at Edges)
60.%TRIML (Trim Leading Characters)
61.%TRIMR (Trim Trailing Characters)
62.%UCS2 (Convert to UCS-2 Value)
63.%UNS (Convert to Unsigned Format)
64.%XFOOT (Sum Array Expression Elements)
65.%XLATE (Translate)
66.%YEARS (Number of Years)
1 1 8 . E x p l a i n t h e d i ff e r e n t R P G I V R e s t r i c t i o n s .
Function
Array/table input record length
for compile
field length
Graphic or UCS-2 field length
Control fields (position 63 and
64 of input specifications)
length
Named data structure length
Unnamed data structure length
Data structure occurrences
(number of)
Edit Word
Elements in an array/table (DIM
keyword on the definition
specifications)
Levels of nesting in structured
groups
Levels of nesting in expressions
Look-ahead
Named Constant or Literal
Overflow indicator
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Restriction
Maximum length is 100 Character
Maximum length is 65535 bytes
Maximum length is 32766 bytes
Maximum length is 256
Maximum of 65535
Maximum of 9999999
Maximum of 32767 per data structure
Maximum length of 115
Maximum of 32767 per array/table
Maximum of 100
Maximum of 100
Can be specified only once for a file. Can be
specified only for primary and secondary files.
Maximum length of 1024 bytes for a character,
hexadecimal, graphic, or UCS-2 literal and 63
digits with 63 decimal positions for a numeric
literal.
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Parameters to programs
Parameters to procedures
Primary file (P in position 18 of
file description specifications)
Printer file (PRINTER in positions
36 through 42 of file description
specifications)
Printing lines per page
Program status data structure
Record address file (R in
position 18 of file description
specifications)
Record length for a file
Storage allocation
Symbolic names
Notes:
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The Send Journal Entry (SNDJRNE) command is used to write a single
j o u r n a l e n t r y t o a s p e c i fi c j o u r n a l . T h e e n t r y c a n c o n t a i n a n y
information. The user may assign an entry type to the journal entry and
m a y a l s o a s s o c i a t e t h e j o u r n a l e n t r y w i t h a s p e c i fi e d j o u r n a l e d o b j e c t .
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