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nareshb6

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DB2 Interview Questions


1. How to retrieve nth row from particular table.

2. difference between spaces and nulls in DB2?

3.Can we give spaces or null in secondary key r ?why?
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These are some more interview questions. Can someone please post answers to these.

1) How to Repair the table?
2) How to see the status of the table?
3) How to load data to a table?
4) How to increase table space in DB2?
5) Tell me about DB2 tuning.
6) How to read a VSAM file?
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Hi shashi..

1..How to Repair the table

Ans: Using Repair utility...

2) How to see the status of the table?

A. SYSIBM.SYSTABLES WHERE one of the columns is STATUS.
In STATUS 3 types.
S--
X--
P--

3) How to load data to a table?

Ans : A simple insert OR Create with select option or db2 utility like DSNUPROC or Using Load Utlity...

4) How to increase table space in DB2?
Ans: Using Alter command

5)DB2 tuning
Ans : the process of making Db2 to work in faster way with optimum resource utilisation..an application programs mostly...tune an SQL query...but mostly DB2 tuning is dealt by the DB2 adminstrators

this is a very vast topic,click for more details
www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/db2/library/techarticle/anshum/0107anshum.html

6) How to read a VSAM file?
Ans: Open the file in input or i/o mode with suitable access mode And used the read command


Most of these queries are already asked,
www.ibmmainframes.com/post-4568.html

plz do search for anwers before posting



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1. How to retrive nth row from particular table.

Ans: select * from tab1 where n=(select count(*) from tab1)

2. differenc between spaces and nulls in DB2?

Ans:Space means it is a space character but null means it is not a space or zero it is some junk value filled by the system if you have not entered any value in to the field.

3.Can we give spaces or null in secondry key r ?why?
Ans: ya null is allowed in alternate key
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PostPosted: Mon May 09, 2005 1:00 pm
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Hi sireesha.m,
I think yr answer to the first query is wrong. The Stmt which u ve given might fetch the last record of a table.
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if a table has 5 records and i want to extract the contents of 3rd record wht query will u use?
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PostPosted: Thu May 19, 2005 2:29 pm
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markanthos wrote:
if a table has 5 records and i want to extract the contents of 3rd record wht query will u use?


It's hard to fetch a record at a partivular position in the table without using the associated Primary Key for that particular record. The other only solution apparently fix here is to fetch first 3 records out of 5 (as in the example of markanthos) and then use the query given by sireesha.m.
Though here we can do this, but for very large and heave tables this is not at all a feasible solution, you must know the key to access a particular record.
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Hi,
You can use the following query to get 3rd row from your table BY USING the row count function.
SELECT * FROM TABLE1 WHERE ROWCOUNT = 3
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Hi Subhasis,
According to me the query given by you "SELECT * FROM TABLE1 WHERE ROWCOUNT = 3" is correct only in case if ROWCOUNT is some field that contaings the Serial_ID of the Table, as after WHERE clause we have to give the column name and giving "ROWCOUNT=3", means "ROWCOUNT" is some field name.
In DB2, a table can not be defined without Serial_ID, which most probably be the very first column of the table and contains the serial numbers corresponting to the rows. So to make this query true and working we have to make ROWCOUNT a field_name containing the serial number in ascending order, to fetch the 3rd row of the table.

e.g. if we say we have a table called TABLE1 with column name TABLE1_ID, containing the serial numbers of rows existing, then the following query will fetch the 3rd row of the table:-


SELECT * FROM TABLE1 WHERE TABLE1_ID = 3;
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Hi Aditya,
You are correct.
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Please find the DB2 Interview Questions and Answers

1) How would you find out the total number of rows in a table?
Use SELECT COUNT(*) ...

2) How do you eliminate duplicate values in SELECT?
Use SELECT DISTINCT ...

3) How do you select a row using indexes?
Specify the indexed columns in the WHERE clause.

4) What are aggregate functions?
Bulit-in mathematical functions for use in SELECT clause.

5) How do you find the maximum value in a column?
Use SELECT MAX(...

6) Can you use MAX on a CHAR column?
YES.

7) My SQL statement SELECT AVG(SALARY) FROM EMP yields inaccurate results. Why?
Because SALARY is not declared to have NULLs and the employees for whom the salary is not known are also counted.

8) How do you retrieve the first 5 characters of FIRSTNAME column of EMP table?
SELECT SUBSTR(FIRSTNAME,1,5) FROM EMP;

9) How do you concatenate the FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME from EMP table to give a complete name?
SELECT FIRSTNAME || ? ? || LASTNAME FROM EMP;

10) What is the use of VALUE function?
1. Avoid -ve SQLCODEs by handling nulls and zeroes in computations
2. Substitute a numeric value for any nulls used in computation

11) What is UNION,UNION ALL?
UNION : eliminates duplicates
UNION ALL: retains duplicates

Both these are used to combine the results of different SELECT statements.Suppose I have five SQL SELECT statements connected by UNION/UNION ALL, how many times should I specify UNION to eliminate the duplicate rows? -Once.

12) What is the restriction on using UNION in embedded SQL?
It has to be in a CURSOR.

13) In the WHERE clause what is BETWEEN and IN?
BETWEEN supplies a range of values while IN supplies a list of values.

14) Is BETWEEN inclusive of the range values specified? ?
Yes.

15) What is 'LIKE' used for in WHERE clause? What are the wildcard characters?


LIKE is used for partial string matches. ?%? ( for a string of any character ) and ?_? (for any single character ) are the two wild card characters.

16) When do you use a LIKE statement?
To do partial search e.g. to search employee by name, you need not specify the complete name; using LIKE, you can search for partial string matches.

17) What is the meaning of underscore ( _ ) in the LIKE statement?
Match for any single character.

18) What do you accomplish by GROUP BY ... HAVING clause?
GROUP BY partitions the selected rows on the distinct values of the column on which you group by.

HAVING selects GROUPs which match the criteria specified

19) Consider the employee table with column PROJECT nullable. How can you get a list of employees who are not assigned to any project?

SELECT EMPNO
FROM EMP
WHERE PROJECT IS NULL;

20) What is the result of this query if no rows are selected:
SELECT SUM(SALARY)
FROM EMP
WHERE QUAL=?MSC?;
NULL

21) Why SELECT * is not preferred in embedded SQL programs?
For three reasons:
If the table structure is changed ( a field is added ), the program will have to be modified
Program might retrieve the columns which it might not use, leading on I/O over head.
The chance of an index only scan is lost.
What are correlated subqueries? -
A subquery in which the inner ( nested ) query refers back to the table in the outer query. Correlated subqueries must be evaluated for each qualified row of the outer query that is referred to.

22) What are the issues related with correlated subqueries?
???

23) What is a cursor? why should it be used?
Cursor is a programming device that allows the SELECT to find a set of rows but return them one at a time.
Cursor should be used because the host language can deal with only one row at a time.

24) How would you retrieve rows from a DB2 table in embedded SQL ?
Either by using the single row SELECT statements, or by using the CURSOR.
Apart from cursor, what other ways are available to you to retrieve a row from a table in embedded SQL? -
Single row SELECTs.

25) Where would you specify the DECLARE CURSOR statement?

See answer to next question.

26) How do you specify and use a cursor in a COBOL program?


Use DECLARE CURSOR statement either in working storage or in procedure division(before open cursor), to specify the SELECT statement. Then use OPEN, FETCH rows in a loop and finally CLOSE.

27) What happens when you say OPEN CURSOR?

If there is an ORDER BY clause, rows are fetched, sorted and made available for the FETCH statement. Other wise simply the cursor is placed on the first row.

28) Is DECLARE CURSOR executable?
No.

29) Can you have more than one cursor open at any one time in a program ?
Yes.

30) When you COMMIT, is the cursor closed?
Yes.

31) How do you leave the cursor open after issuing a COMMIT? ( for DB2 2.3 or above only )
Use WITH HOLD option in DECLARE CURSOR statement. But, it has not effect in psuedo-conversational CICS programs.

32) Give the COBOL definition of a VARCHAR field.
A VARCHAR column REMARKS would be defined as follows:
...
10 REMARKS.
49 REMARKS-LEN PIC S9(4) USAGE COMP.
49 REMARKS-TEXT PIC X(1920).

33) What is the physical storage length of each of the following DB2 data types:
DATE, TIME, TIMESTAMP?

DATE: 4bytes
TIME: 3bytes
TIMESTAMP: 10bytes

34) What is the COBOL picture clause of the following DB2 data types:
DATE, TIME, TIMESTAMP?

DATE: PIC X(10)
TIME : PIC X(08)
TIMESTAMP: PIC X(26)

35) What is the COBOL picture clause for a DB2 column defined as DECIMAL(11,2)? -
PIC S9(9)V99 COMP-3.
Note: In DECIMAL(11,2), 11 indicates the size of the data type and 2 indicates the precision.

36) What is DCLGEN ? -
DeCLarations GENerator: used to create the host language copy books for the table definitions. Also creates the DECLARE table.

37) What are the contents of a DCLGEN? -
1. EXEC SQL DECLARE TABLE statement which gives the layout of the table/view in terms of DB2 datatypes.
2. A host language copy book that gives the host variable definitions for the column names.

38) Is it mandatory to use DCLGEN? If not, why would you use it at all? -
It is not mandatory to use DCLGEN.

Using DCLGEN, helps detect wrongly spelt column names etc. during the pre-compile stage itself ( because of the DECLARE TABLE ). DCLGEN being a tool, would generate accurate host variable definitions for the table reducing chances of error.

39) Is DECLARE TABLE in DCLGEN necessary? Why it used?
It not necessary to have DECLARE TABLE statement in DCLGEN. This is used by the pre-compiler to validate the table-name, view-name, column name etc., during pre-compile.

40) Will precompile of an DB2-COBOL program bomb, if DB2 is down?
No. Because the precompiler does not refer to the DB2 catalogue tables.

41) How is a typical DB2 batch pgm executed ?
1. Use DSN utility to run a DB2 batch program from native TSO. An example is shown:
DSN SYSTEM(DSP3)
RUN PROGRAM(EDD470BD) PLAN(EDD470BD) LIB('ED 01T.OBJ.LOADLIB')
END
2. Use IKJEFT01 utility program to run the above DSN command in a JCL.
Assuming that a site?s standard is that pgm name = plan name, what is the easiest way to find out which pgms are affected by change in a table?s structure ?
Query the catalogue tables SYSPLANDEP and SYSPACKDEP.

42) Name some fields from SQLCA.
SQLCODE, SQLERRM, SQLERRD

43) How can you quickly find out the # of rows updated after an update statement?

Check the value stored in SQLERRD(3).

44) What is EXPLAIN?
EXPLAIN is used to display the access path as determined by the optimizer for a SQL statement. It can be used in SPUFI (for single SQL statement ) or in BIND step (for embedded SQL ).

45) What do you need to do before you do EXPLAIN?
Make sure that the PLAN_TABLE is created under the AUTHID.

46) Where is the output of EXPLAIN stored?
In userid.PLAN_TABLE

47) EXPLAIN has output with MATCHCOLS = 0. What does it mean?
a nonmatching index scan if ACCESSTYPE = I.

48) How do you do the EXPLAIN of a dynamic SQL statement?
1. Use SPUFI or QMF to EXPLAIN the dynamic SQL statement

2. Include EXPLAIN command in the embedded dynamic SQL statements

49) How do you simulate the EXPLAIN of an embedded SQL statement in SPUFI/QMF? Give an example with a host variable in WHERE clause.)
Use a question mark in place of a host variable ( or an unknown value ). e.g.
SELECT EMP_NAME
FROM EMP
WHERE EMP_SALARY > ?

50) What are the isolation levels possible ?

CS: Cursor Stability
RR: Repeatable Read

51) What is the difference between CS and RR isolation levels?
CS: Releases the lock on a page after use
RR: Retains all locks acquired till end of transaction

52) Where do you specify them ?

ISOLATION LEVEL is a parameter for the bind process.

53) When do you specify the isolation level? How?
During the BIND process. ISOLATION ( CS/RR )...
I use CS and update a page. Will the lock be released after I am done with that page?
No.

54) What are the various locking levels available?
PAGE, TABLE, TABLESPACE

55) How does DB2 determine what lock-size to use?

1. Based on the lock-size given while creating the tablespace
2. Programmer can direct the DB2 what lock-size to use
3. If lock-size ANY is specified, DB2 usually chooses a lock-size of PAGE

56) What are the disadvantages of PAGE level lock?
High resource utilization if large updates are to be done

57) What is lock escalation?
Promoting a PAGE lock-size to table or tablespace lock-size when a transaction has acquired more locks than specified in NUMLKTS. Locks should be taken on objects in single tablespace for escalation to occur.

58) What are the various locks available?
SHARE, EXCLUSIVE, UPDATE

59) Can I use LOCK TABLE on a view?
No. To lock a view, take lock on the underlying tables.

60) What is ALTER ?
SQL command used to change the definition of DB2 objects.

61) What is a DBRM, PLAN ?
DBRM: DataBase Request Module, has the SQL statements extracted from the host language program by the pre-compiler.
PLAN: A result of the BIND process. It has the executable code for the SQL statements in the DBRM.

62) What is ACQUIRE/RELEASE in BIND?
Determine the point at which DB2 acquires or releases locks against table and tablespaces, including intent locks.

63) What else is there in the PLAN apart from the access path?
PLAN has the executable code for the SQL statements in the host program

64) What happens to the PLAN if index used by it is dropped?
Plan is marked as invalid. The next time the plan is accessed, it is rebound.

65) What are PACKAGES ? ?

They contain executable code for SQL statements for one DBRM.

66) What are the advantages of using a PACKAGE?

1. Avoid having to bind a large number of DBRM members into a plan
2. Avoid cost of a large bind
3. Avoid the entire transaction being unavailable during bind and automatic rebind of a plan
4. Minimize fallback complexities if changes result in an error.

67) What is a collection?
a user defined name that is the anchor for packages. It has not physical existence. Main usage is to group packages.
In SPUFI suppose you want to select max. of 1000 rows , but the select returns only 200 rows.

68) What are the 2 sqlcodes that are returned?
100 ( for successful completion of the query ), 0 (for successful COMMIT if AUTOCOMMIT is set to Yes).

69) How would you print the output of an SQL statement from SPUFI?
Print the output dataset.

70) How do you pull up a query which was previously saved in QMF ?
??

71) Lot of updates have been done on a table due to which indexes have gone haywire. What do you do? ?
Looks like index page split has occurred. DO a REORG of the indexes.

72) What is dynamic SQL?
Dynamic SQL is a SQL statement created at program execution time.

73) When is the access path determined for dynamic SQL?
At run time, when the PREPARE statement is issued.

74) Suppose I have a program which uses a dynamic SQL and it has been performing well till now. Off late, I find that the performance has deteriorated. What happened?
Probably RUN STATS is not done and the program is using a wrong index due to incorrect stats.
Probably RUNSTATS is done and optimizer has chosen a wrong access path based on the latest statistics.

75) How does DB2 store NULL physically?
as an extra-byte prefix to the column value. physically, the nul prefix is Hex ?00? if the value is present and Hex ?FF? if it is not.

76) How do you retrieve the data from a nullable column?
Use null indicators. Syntax ... INTO :HOSTVAR:NULLIND

77) What is the picture clause of the null indicator variable?
S9(4) COMP.

78) What does it mean if the null indicator has -1, 0, -2? ?
-1 : the field is null
0 : the field is not null
-2 : the field value is truncated

79) How do you insert a record with a nullable column?
To insert a NULL, move -1 to the null indicator
To insert a valid value, move 0 to the null indicator

80) What is RUNSTATS?
A DB2 utility used to collect statistics about the data values in tables which can be used by the optimizer to decide the access path. It also collects statistics used for space management. These statistics are stored in DB2 catalog tables.

81) When will you chose to run RUNSTATS?
After a load, or after mass updates, inserts, deletes, or after REORG.

82) Give some example of statistics collected during RUNSTATS?
# of rows in the table
Percent of rows in clustering sequence
# of distinct values of indexed column
# of rows moved to a nearby/farway page due to row length increase

83) What is REORG? When is it used?
REORG reorganizes data on physical storage to reclutser rows, positioning overflowed rows in their proper sequence, to reclaim space, to restore free space. It is used after heavy updates, inserts and delete activity and after segments of a segmented tablespace have become fragmented.

84) What is IMAGECOPY ?
It is full backup of a DB2 table which can be used in recovery.

85) When do you use the IMAGECOPY?
To take routine backup of tables
After a LOAD with LOG NO
After REORG with LOG NO

86) What is COPY PENDING status?
A state in which, an image copy on a table needs to be taken, In this status, the table is available only for queries. You cannot update this table. To remove the COPY PENDING status, you take an image copy or use REPAIR utility.

87) What is CHECK PENDING ?
When a table is LOADed with ENFORCE NO option, then the table is left in CHECK PENDING status. It means that the LOAD utility did not perform constraint checking.

88) What is QUIESCE?
A QUIESCE flushes all DB2 buffers on to the disk. This gives a correct snapshot of the database and should be used before and after any IMAGECOPY to maintain consistency.

89) What is a clustering index ?
Causes the data rows to be stored in the order specified in the index. A mandatory index defined on a partitioned table space.

90) How many clustering indexes can be defined for a table?
Only one.

91) What is the difference between primary key & unique index ?

Primary : a relational database constraint. Primary key consists of one or more columns that uniquely identify a row in the table. For a normalized relation, there is one designated primary key.
Unique index: a physical object that stores only unique values. There can be one or more unique indexes on a table.

92) What is sqlcode -922 ?
Authorization failure

93) What is sqlcode -811?
SELECT statement has resulted in retrieval of more than one row.

94) What does the sqlcode of -818 pertain to?
This is generated when the consistency tokens in the DBRM and the load module are different.

95) Are views updateable ?
Not all of them. Some views are updateable e.g. single table view with all the fields or mandatory fields. Examples of non-updateable views are views which are joins, views that contain aggregate functions(such as MIN), and views that have GROUP BY clause.

96) If I have a view which is a join of two or more tables, can this view be updateable?
No.

97) What are the 4 environments which can access DB2 ?
TSO, CICS, IMS and BATCH

98) What is an inner join, and an outer join ?
Inner Join: combine information from two or more tables by comparing all values that meet the search criteria in the designated column or columns of on e table with all the clause in corresponding columns of the other table or tables. This kind of join which involve a match in both columns are called inner joins.
Outer join is one in which you want both matching and non matching rows to be returned. DB2 has no specific operator for outer joins, it can be simulated by combining a join and a correlated sub query with a UNION.

99) What is FREEPAGE and PCTFREE in TABLESPACE creation?
PCTFREE: percentage of each page to be left free
FREEPAGE: Number of pages to be loaded with data between each free page

100) What are simple, segmented and partitioned table spaces ?

Simple Tablespace:
Can contain one or more tables
Rows from multiple tables can be interleaved on a page under the DBAs control and maintenance
Segmented Tablespace:
Can contain one or more tables
Tablespace is divided into segments of 4 to 64 pages in increments of 4 pages. Each segment is dedicated to single table. A table can occupy multiple segments
Partitioned Tablespace:
Can contain one table
Tablespace is divided into parts and each part is put in a separate VSAM dataset.

101) What is filter factor?
one divided by the number of distinct values of a column.

102) What is index cardinality?

The number of distinct values a column or columns contain.

103) What is a synonym ?
Synonym is an alternate name for a table or view used mainly to hide the leading qualifier of a table or view.. A synonym is accessible only by the creator.

104) What is the difference between SYNONYM and ALIAS?

SYNONYM: is dropped when the table or tablespace is dropped. Synonym is available only to the creator.
ALIAS: is retained even if table or tablespace is dropped. ALIAS can be created even if the table does not exist. It is used mainly in distributed environment to hide the location info from programs. Alias is a global object & is available to all.

105) What do you mean by NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT? When will you use it?

This column cannot have nulls and while insertion, if no value is supplied then it wil have zeroes, spaces or date/time depending on whether it is numeric, character or date/time.
Use it when you do not want to have nulls but at the same time cannot give values all the time you insert this row.

106) What do you mean by NOT NULL? When will you use it?
The column cannot have nulls. Use it for key fields.

107) When would you prefer to use VARCHAR?
When a column which contains long text, e.g. remarks, notes, may have in most cases less than 50% of the maximum length.

108) What are the disadvantages of using VARCHAR?
1. Can lead to high space utilization if most of the values are close to maximum.
2. Positioning of VARCHAR column has to be done carefully as it has performance implications.
3. Relocation of rows to different pages can lead to more I/Os on retrieval.

109) How do I create a table MANAGER ( EMP#, MANAGER) where MANAGER is a foreign key which references to EMP# in the same table?
First CREATE MANAGER table with EMP# as the primary key. Then ALTER it to define the foreign key.


110) What is auditing?
Recording SQL statements that access a table. Specified at table creation time or through alter.
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My interview questions

can anyone tell me the difference between varchar and longvarchar?

can a update and delete be done to a view?

plz explain in detail what we mean by (not null) with default?

what are all the constraints we come across in db2?

where do we use graphic data types?

does the repesentations like s and v take up bytes?
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Hi frnd,
1. can anyone tell me the difference between varchar and longvarchar?
when v use more text some more like pages then v go for longvarchar.
Although the syntax of LONG VARCHAR and LONG VARGRAPHIC is supported, the alternative syntax of VARCHAR(integer) and ARGRAPHIC(integer), is preferred. VARCHAR(integer) and
VARGRAPHIC(integer) are recommended because after the CREATE TABLE statement is processed, DB2 considers a LONG VARCHAR column to be VARCHAR and a LONG VARGRAPHIC column to be VARGRAPHIC.

2.can a update and delete be done to a view?
Whether a view can be used in an insert, update, or delete operation depends on its definition.
if a view includes a foreign key of its base table, insert and update
operations using that view are subject to the same referential constraint as the base table. Likewise, if the base table of a view is a parent table, delete operations using that view are subject to the same rules as delete operations on the base table.

3.plz explain in detail what we mean by (not null) with default?
NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT
Is used for a column that does not allow null values, but provides a default value.
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HI FRND,
Sorry for the break.. i was busy for a minute.
4. what are all the constraints we come across in db2?
Generally Constraints are rules that control values in columns to prevent duplicate values or set restrictions on data added to a table.
v have mainly three types of constaints.

Unique constraints
Referential constaints
Check constraints

5.where do we use graphic data types?
once v decide to store some picture files or some images in to the database then v go for graphic data types.

6.does the repesentations like s and v take up bytes?
Can u Explain me what is this in detail????
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HI ,

PLZ NOTE THT ALL VIEWS ARE NOT UPDATABLE...ONLY SINGLE TABLE VIEWS ARE UPDATABLE WHERE AS VIEWS RELATED TO JOINS,UNIONS AND WHICH INVOLVE SOME ARITHMETIC OPERATIONS ARE NOT UPDATABLE

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hi frnd,
plz dont post it two times with same content. v will be receiving two mails. fine. thanks for ur suggestion. i think u have not read the full answer. i had mentioned it as

a view can be used in an insert, update, or delete operation depends on its definition.

so it says about the multiple table and a single table. no probs. nothing wrong in ur post. once again thanks for ur suggs.
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plz help me with these interview questions.

1. What is RI ? where did u use RI in your project? Explain with example?
2. What is the difference between primary key, foreign key, index & unique index?
3. Can we create index when table has duplicate rows?
4. Can we create unique index when table has duplicate rows?
5. Can we create index or unique index on empty table?
6. What happens to the package when index is dropped? What?s the process or steps to be taken?
7. How to delete package?
8. Where package is stored? How to retrieve package?
9. Difference between plan & package?
10. What are the steps to be taken when SQL statements are changed without changing any COBOL statements?
11. Do we need to pre compile when index is dropped?
12. Can we bind when table is dropped?
13. Can optimized access path consist of multiple DBRMS.
14. What is the significance of timestamp tokens?
15. What is the significance of normalization?
16. Where do we specify run program, plan name, library & DB2 subsystem
17. IBM supplied utility to run COBOL + DB2
18. What is difference between DB2 & COBOL files & give some example for COBOL files & DB2 tables related to your project?
19. Can we load data from sequential file to table or table to sequential file?
20. What are the steps to be followed to develop DB2+ COBOL program?
21. Can we prepare a program/compile when DB2 system is down?
22. How to identify DB2 test or production system by seeing run JCL?
23. What is the output of explain?
24. What is the difference between correlated sub query & sub query?
25. How to find 4th max sal?
26. How to find nth max sal?
27. How to evaluate SQLcodes & where it is stored?
28. How to count total no of unique rows from the table?
29. How to sum repeated rows?
30. How to write a cobol program for above query? Retrieve row by row & use cobol logic to sum repeated rows?
31. What is the significance of DCLGEN?
32. Where DCLGEN is stored?
33. Difference between join & union?
34. difference between UNION & UNIONALL?
35. Can be have different col names in union?
36. How do u evaluate/tune/analyze SQL queries?
37. What are the JCL utilities for compile, pre compile, bind & link edit?
38. Wha5t is the significance of isolated levels?
39. Can we alter foreign key?
40. Can we alter primary key?
41. Can we alter data type & length?
42. What are the equivalent cobol variables for varchar?
43. What is the time stamp & its format?
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 11:53 am
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HI sanath_m
I TRIED SOME QUERIES

23. What is the output of explain?
explain use to display the path determine by the optmizer.

24. What is the difference between correlated sub query & sub query?
subquary:in subquary innner quary executed first depends upon results the outer quary executs.
coorelated subquary:in subquary outer quary executed first depends upon results the inner quary executs.

26. How to find nth max sal?
select max(sal) from emp where n=(select count(*) from emp)

27. How to evaluate SQLcodes & where it is stored?
it stored in packeges.

28. How to count total no of unique rows from the table?
using select count(*) option.

29. How to sum repeated rows?
use option select sum

33. Difference between join & union?
joins: controls number of colums present in the table.
union: controls number of rows present in the table.

34. difference between UNION & UNIONALL?

union:null values not alllowed
union:null values alllowed

35. Can be have different col names in union?
yes


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PostPosted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 6:35 pm
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join:use to link columns from different tables.
union:use to link rows from different tables.

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53) I use CS and update a page. Will the lock be released after I am done with that page?
No.
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Can you please confirm if the above one is correct?
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 4:17 pm
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Hi,

I heard Packages are not-executable, but I am finding below query in above questions. Please verify?

65) What are PACKAGES ? ?
They contain executable code for SQL statements for one DBRM.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:39 pm
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hi,

Can anyone explain how to see # of rows updated after an update statement using SQLERRD.
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search for sqlerrd(3).
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