COBOL ⭐ Featured
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Q: Explain DEBUGGING declarative

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USE FOR DEBUGGING enables debug procedures. Requires WITH DEBUGGING MODE. Triggers on: ALTER, PERFORM, GO TO, or reference to debug item. Displays data values and flow. Object code excluded unless compiled with DEBUG option.
VSAM ⭐ Featured
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Q: How to extend VSAM file?

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ALTER ds.name ADDVOLUMES(vol). Or secondary allocation triggers extension. RECORDS/CYLINDERS secondary amount. Up to 255 extents per volume. May need to reorganize if fragmented.
DB2
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Q: Explain DB2 triggers

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Trigger fires automatically on INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE. CREATE TRIGGER name AFTER/BEFORE/INSTEAD OF event ON table FOR EACH ROW/STATEMENT. Use for audit, validation, derived columns. Can impact performance.
CICS
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Q: What is transient data?

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TD queues for sequential I/O. EXEC CICS WRITEQ TD QUEUE(name) FROM(data). Intrapartition for CICS internal. Extrapartition for external datasets. Defined in DCT. Automatic trigger level option.