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1) Is more than one record description is allowed in a FD?

2) Is NUMERIC EDIT fields can be used for Arithmatic operations?

3) Is COMPUTE P,Q,W = A+ B/C -E ** 2 is a valid statement?

4) Is LINKAGE SECTION is mandatory in a sub program?

5) In edit fiels the character used for check protection is __________

6) COMP-2 occupies _________ bytes?

7) Maximum length of a numeric item ________ ?

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Last Update: September 14, 2009 Asked by: nirupamkundu

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June 02, 2006 15:07:40

lavanya

RE: 1) Is more than one record description is allowed ...

1) No

2) no

3) yes

4) yes

5) '*'

6) 8 bytes

7) 31

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June 05, 2006 07:31:23

kapil vharande

RE: 1) Is more than one record description is allowed ...

Only one record discriptior field is used in every fd field.

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June 09, 2006 12:26:26

ATUL BANKE

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(1) YES (In case of variable length records different records of different length must be described in more than one RDs)

(2)NO(never)

(3)NO(commas b/w P Q & w is not allowed)

(4)NO (A command known as EXTERNAL cammand can be used to share variables b/w main & sub prog. in that case linkage section is not required)

(5)don't remember

(6)8 bytes

(7)normally 18 but by some method that can be extended

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September 13, 2009 17:50:37

venkat65318

Member Since: September 2009 Contribution: 4

RE: 1) Is more than one record description is allowed in a FD?2) Is NUMERIC EDIT fields can be used for Arithmatic operations?3) Is COMPUTE P,Q,W = A+ B/C -E ** 2 is a valid statement?4) Is LINKAGE SECTION is mandatory in a sub program?5) In edit fiels th

1. Yes allowed. why because only one file description is allowed in a FD but file is a collection of records.
6. comp-2 occupies 8 bytes .
7. Max length of a numeric item 18 digits.

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