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nag.kolli

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 4:09 pm
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1. I am having two pgms a,b
a will delete all the records in the file.
b will read all the deleted records.

I have scheduled two jobs in CA7
what does b will do?

2. I am having a lot of indexes in my pgm and the performance has been reduced due these indexes .
i..e of which sql statement?

3. FBA MEANS ?
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murmohk1

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 4:26 pm
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Nag,

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I am having two pgms a,b
a will delete all the records in the file.
b will read all the deleted records.

I have scheduled two jobs in CA7
what does b will do?

Will do nothing. Can you read cannot read deleted records. I assume DELETION is a physical deletion not a logical one.

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3. FBA MEANS ?

Go thru the prev post -
ibmmainframes.com/about5034.html
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Ajay Baghel

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 7:30 pm
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RECFM=FBA

If given in jcl, will cause 1byte carriage return control character to be written in first byte of the data record. Actual data will start from 2nd position onwards.
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dick scherrer

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 8:26 pm
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Hello,

Are you sure you have quoted the interview question correctly?
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2. I am having a lot of indexes in my pgm and the performance has been reduced due these indexes .
i..e of which sql statement?
Programs do not "have indexes"; tables have indexes. If you have a performance issue due to indexes it may be the insert/delete (or certain types of select) that are affected. Insert and delete must create and remove all of the index entries for that row.
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