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JR38531: CHAR EXTENDED BY UNICODE IS GIVING SPURIOUS TRUNCATION WARNING POST 8.1 CRITICAL PATCH V3. ISSUE SEEN WITH DB2 UTF-8 DATABASE.

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IBM InfoSphere Information Server, Version 8.5 Fix Pack 2

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • Char extended by UNICODE is giving spurious truncation warning
message for DB2 Plugin Stage, post 81 critical patch v3. Issue
seen with UTF-8 DB2 database.

Local fix

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Problem summary


    

  • Char extended by UNICODE is giving spurious truncation warning
post 81 critical patch v3.
Issue seen on UTF-8 DB2 database.

    



Problem conclusion


    

  • The customer is given with a solution to suppress the Spurious
warnings. There is no Data truncation/loss for the Customer.

The customer need to set the following Environemnt Varaibles for
this issue.
DS_NO_DB2CLI_WARNINGS=1

    



Temporary fix


    

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APAR Information




    

  • APAR number
    JR38531
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  • Reported component name
    WIS DATASTAGE
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  • Reported component ID
    5724Q36DS
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  • Reported release
    810
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  • Status
    CLOSED  PER
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  • PE
    NoPE
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  • HIPER
    NoHIPER
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  • Special Attention
    NoSpecatt
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  • Submitted date
    2010-12-31
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  • Closed date
    2011-08-02
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  • Last modified date
    2011-11-28
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  • APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:
    

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  • APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:
    

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Fix information


    

  • Fixed component name
    WIS DATASTAGE
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  • Fixed component ID
    5724Q36DS
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Applicable component levels


    

  • R810  PSY
       UP
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            Modified date:
            

            12 October 2021
            

            
                      

        


        

        


      

    

  



    

  

  
    
            

          
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