Accenture DB2 Interview Questions.

11/06/2009 No Comment

Accenture DB2 Interview Questions asked in a Mainframe Interview.

Mainframe professionals are invited to share the answers.

  • What is the difference between CS and RR isolation levels in DB2? Where do you specify them? 
  • What are the various locking levels available? 
  • How does DB2 determine what lock-size to use? 
  • What is lock escalation in DB2? 
  • What is a collection in DB2? 
  • What are the advantages of using a PACKAGE? 
  • What are PACKAGES in DB2? 
  • What are the various locks available? 
  • Can I use LOCK TABLE on a view? 
  • What is ALTER in DB2? 
  • What is a DBRM, PLAN? 
  • What is ACQUIRE/RELEASE in BIND? 
  • What is a DBRM and PLAN in DB2? 
  • What is ALTER? 
  • How can you use LOCK TABLE on a view? 
  • What are the various locks available? 
  • What are the disadvantages of PAGE level lock in DB2? 
  • How does DB2 determine what lock-size to use? 
  • What are the various locking levels available? 
  • When do you specify the isolation level in DB2? 
  • What else is there in the PLAN apart from the access path? 
  • What happens to the PLAN if index used by it is dropped? 
  • How do you do the EXPLAIN of a dynamic SQL statement? 
  • How do you simulate the EXPLAIN of an embedded SQL statement in SPUFI/QMF? 
  • Give an example with a host variable in WHERE clause. 
  • What are the two sqlcodes that are returned in DB2? 
  • How would you print the output of an SQL statement from SPUFI? 
  • How does DB2 store NULL physically? 
  • How do you retrieve the data from a null column in DB2? 
  • What is the picture clause of the null indicator variable? 
  • What does it mean if the null indicator has -1, 0, -2? 
  • How do you insert a record with a null column? 
  • What is RUNSTATS in DB2? 
  • When will you chose to run RUNSTATS? 
  • Give some example of statistics collected during RUNSTATS? 
  • What is REORG? When is it used in DB2?
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