PH04369: NEW FUNCTION: AVOID RULES(NOEVENPACK) MESSAGES FOR DB2 AND CICS DATA ITEMS

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APAR status

• Closed as new function.

Error description

• New Function
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Users of Enterprise COBOL V6.2 who want *
  *                      to use the RULES(NOEVENPACK) compiler   *
  *                      option to find data items defined as    *
  *                      PACKED-DECIMAL but with an even number  *
  *                      of digits.                              *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: Apply the provided PTF.                      *
  ****************************************************************
  Data items that users have no control
  over are flagged by the option, such
  as Db2 data items that start with DSN
  or SQL and CICS data items that start
  with DFH or EYU.
  

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

• RULES(NOEVENPACK) should only flag data items owned by the COBOL
  programmer, not data items defined by other IBM products, and
  this APAR provides a big improvement in this area for
  RULES(NOEVENPACK).
  

APAR Information

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

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

  PH06042

Modules/Macros

• IGY8RWTU IGYCASMB IGYCCBE  IGYCCCRT IGYCCICS IGYCCSRV IGYCDGEN
  IGYCDIAG IGYCDMAP IGYCEN$0 IGYCEN$1 IGYCEN$2 IGYCEN$3 IGYCEN$4
  IGYCEN$5 IGYCEN$8 IGYCEN$D IGYCEN$R IGYCFGEN IGYCFREE IGYCINIT
  IGYCJA$0 IGYCJA$1 IGYCJA$2 IGYCJA$3 IGYCJA$4 IGYCJA$5 IGYCJA$8
  IGYCJA$D IGYCJA$R IGYCLIBH IGYCLIBO IGYCLIBR IGYCLSTR IGYCLVL0
  IGYCLVL1 IGYCLVL2 IGYCLVL3 IGYCLVL8 IGYCMALL IGYCOB2E IGYCOPI
  IGYCOSCN IGYCPGEN IGYCRCTL IGYCRDPR IGYCRDSC IGYCREAL IGYCRWT
  IGYCSCAN IGYCSIMD IGYCUE$0 IGYCUE$1 IGYCUE$2 IGYCUE$3 IGYCUE$4
  IGYCUE$5 IGYCUE$8 IGYCUE$D IGYCUE$R IGYCXREF IGYDRV   IGYEQCWI
  IGYMSGE  IGYMSGK  IGYMSGT  IGYQCBE  IGYZQDRV IGYZQENU IGYZQJPN
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  ENT COBOL FOR Z

• Fixed component ID

  5655EC600

Applicable component levels

• R620 PSY UI59885

     UP18/11/29 P F811

• R621 PSY UI59886

     UP18/11/29 P F811

• R622 PSY UI59887

     UP18/11/29 P F811

• R62H PSY UI59888

     UP18/11/29 P F811

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