Mainframe IDMS Interview Questions
What is the difference between a schema and a subschema?
What is the IDD?
Explain the difference between record occurrence and record type?
What is the difference between local and central version operating modes?
What is a run unit?
What is an OOK-Rec?
What is a junction record?
Name and explain the three location modes?
What is a set?What pointers are required, what are possible? How may sets be ordered?
What does a COMMIT statement do?
What does a ROLLBACK do?
What is the meaning of 'Copy IDMS Subschema-Binds'?
What is the purpose of a READY?
What is an area sweep and when is it used?
Why would you use find and get rather than an obtain?
When you are obtaining next within a set and get a end of set return code, on what record are you now current?
What is a region?
What is a page?
What does a FINISH do?
What is the meaning of the return codes 0307 and 0326?
What is the meaning of 'Copy IDMS Subschema-Binds'?
What is autostatus?
What does a store statement do?
What sets will the stored record connect to?
Distinguish among erase, erase permanent, erase selective and erase all?
How does IDMS insure data integrity?
What is the difference between a schema and a subschema?
What is the IDD?
Explain the difference between record occurrence and record type?
What is the difference between local and central version operating modes?
What is a run unit?
What is an OOK-Rec?
What is a junction record?
Name and explain the three location modes?
What is a set?What pointers are required, what are possible? How may sets be ordered?
What does a COMMIT statement do?
What does a ROLLBACK do?
What is the meaning of 'Copy IDMS Subschema-Binds'?
What is the purpose of a READY?
What is an area sweep and when is it used?
Why would you use find and get rather than an obtain?
When you are obtaining next within a set and get a end of set return code, on what record are you now current?
What is a region?
What is a page?
What does a FINISH do?
What is the meaning of the return codes 0307 and 0326?
What is the meaning of 'Copy IDMS Subschema-Binds'?
What is autostatus?
What does a store statement do?
What sets will the stored record connect to?
Distinguish among erase, erase permanent, erase selective and erase all?
How does IDMS insure data integrity?
