PH10435: RATIONAL PROGRAMMING PATTERNS : NULL POINTER EXCEPTION WHEN GENERATING DATABASE BLOCK.

Rational Programming Patterns Interim Fix 11 for 9.6.1
Rational Programming Patterns Interim Fix 4 for 9.6.2
Rational Programming Patterns 9.7

APAR status

• Closed as fixed if next.

Error description

• Rational Programming Patterns - v9.6.2
  When trying to generated a database block, the generation fails
  with null pointer exception :
  
  java.lang.NullPointerException
  at com.ibm.pdp.pacbase.generate.dataBaseBlock.generate.
     VisitorSQLBlockBase.specialDRVForDbe(VisitorSQLBlockBase.
     java:2805)
  at com.ibm.pdp.pacbase.generate.dataBaseBlock.generate.
     VisitorSQLBlockBase.casePacDRVLine(VisitorSQLBlockBase.
     java:2494)
  at com.ibm.pdp.pacbase.generate.dataBaseBlock.generate.
     VisitorSQLBlockBase.casePacDRLine(VisitorSQLBlockBase.
     java:358)
  at com.ibm.pdp.pacbase.generate.dataBaseBlock.generate.
     VisitorSQLBlockBase.doSwitchPB(VisitorSQLBlockBase.
     java:2868)
  at com.ibm.pdp.pacbase.generate.dataBaseBlock.generate.
     VisitorSQLBlockBase.doSwitch(VisitorSQLBlockBase.
     java:2835)
  at com.ibm.pdp.pacbase.generate.dataBaseBlock.generate.
     VisitorSQLBlockBase.doSwitch(VisitorSQLBlockBase.
     java:2812)
  at com.ibm.pdp.pacbase.generate.dataBaseBlock.generate.
     SQLBlockBaseGenerationNew.generateSQLBlockBase
     (SQLBlockBaseGenerationNew.java:124)
  at com.ibm.pdp.pacbase.generate.dataBaseBlock.generate.
     SQLBlockBaseGenerationNew.initSQL
     (SQLBlockBaseGenerationNew.java:198)
  at com.ibm.pdp.pacbase.generate.dataBaseBlock.generate.
     SQLBlockBaseGenerationNew.<init>
     (SQLBlockBaseGenerationNew.java:55)
  at com.ibm.pdp.pacbase.dataBaseBlock.generator.
     DataBaseBlockGeneratorLauncher.getNewPacbaseGenerator
     (DataBaseBlockGeneratorLauncher.java:49)
  at com.ibm.pdp.pacbase.generator.CommonPacGeneratorLauncher.
     _generate2(CommonPacGeneratorLauncher.java:355)
  at com.ibm.pdp.pacbase.generator.CommonPacGeneratorLauncher.
     generate2(CommonPacGeneratorLauncher.java:148)
  at com.ibm.pdp.pacbase.generator.AbstractPacbasePattern.
     generate(AbstractPacbasePattern.java:139)
  at com.ibm.pdp.framework.GenerationManager._generate
     (GenerationManager.java:401)
  at com.ibm.pdp.framework.GenerationManager.generateWithOption
     (GenerationManager.java:244)
  at com.ibm.pdp.framework.GenerationManager.generate
     (GenerationManager.java:300)
  at com.ibm.pdp.framework.GenerationManager.generate
     (GenerationManager.java:220)
  at com.ibm.pdp.framework.GenerationManager.generate
     (GenerationManager.java:215)
  at com.ibm.pdp.framework.GenerationManager$RunnableWithProgress
     .run(GenerationManager.java:113)
  at org.eclipse.jface.operation.ModalContext$ModalContextThread
     .run(ModalContext.java:119)
  

Local fix

• Fill the column field in -DBE window.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * All RPP users generating some database blocs                 *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * In  SQL complement tab of Segment editor, if the original    *
  * table column  is not filled in, the generation of a database *
  * blocs calling this segment could end with an exception.      *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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

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

Fix information

Applicable component levels

• R850 PSY

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• R900 PSY

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• R901 PSY

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• R910 PSY

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• R911 PSY

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• R912 PSY

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• R950 PSY

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• R951 PSY

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• R960 PSY

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• R961 PSY

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• R962 PSY

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