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7 IBM ADABAS Questions And Answers

1⟩ What is an Associator in ADABAS?

Associator is one of the datasets of the adabas.

It contains -

Number of adabas files which have been allocated in data

storage.

The physical location of the extents of the file in the data

storage.

Address converter, Inverted list, FDT.

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2⟩ Suppose If i have updated few fields of Adabas file using UPDATE command, and after that i used display to see that field get updated or not. If in Display it showing nothing or record did not get updated then what can be the possible reasons?

The find instruction may b used to display such that we

applied find command to get the records corresponding to

our search entry and after that record might me updated.So

the updated inverted list will be formed but the ISN list

in the working storage section will not be updated giving

the same records prior to updation.

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4⟩ What is the difference between Null compression and default compression?

The default compression type for ADABAS is 'Normal'

compression. This compresses the data by removing trailing

spaces from alphanumeric fields, removing leading zeros and

packing numeric fields, and leaving packed fields as is.

Null Suppression is a type of compression. The field must

be designated with 'NU' for this compression to occur.

Null suppressed fields that are blank or zero only take up

one byte insted of two. If there are multiple empty fields

together they can be compressed into a one byte empty field

count.

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5⟩ How will you the specification of database file?

If you want to know the secification of file in ADABAS such

as file's record length, structure and decleration,

inverted list etc., you have to look the FDT(File

defination Table) through ADAREP option.

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6⟩ How to initialize a variable which is a constant in a LDA. Suppose I want to declare a variable #a N1(17) having constant values as 1,2,3,4,5,6, and 7 for respective occurance then how can we do that?

In data area editor screen, define the variable #a with

Format "N" and length 1. Then edit this variable/ field by

typing in a ".e" just before the level number of this

variable. This will take you the "Extended Field Definition

Editing screen". Type the code as "A" for Array index

definition. On the "Index definition" screen, declare your

index as 1:7 press enter and exit the screens until you are

back onto the data area editor screen.Now again type in

a ".e" to edit the same field/ variable and type code "S"

for defining the single initial values. On this initial

value screen, change the "Define as Constant" field value

from "N" (No) to "Y" (yes)and just below it define constant

values against each index value ranging from 1 to 7.

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7⟩ What is adabas?

Adabas is a adaptable database .Natural can be accessed

from adabas. Natural Adabas is supported onmainframe

platform available on windows,unix and open vms

syastems.adabas mainly includess concepts like read ,find

get statement (all the looping statements)

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