PK66753: IF STATEMENT THAT CHECKS TO SEE IF A MAP/FORM FIELD CONTAINS A BLANK RETURNS FALSE EVEN IF USER DOES NOT ENTER DATE IN FIELD.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• A VAGen program contains an IF statement that checks to see if a
  map/form field contains a blank, i.e. IF form.fld = " ";  This
  statement executes before the initial converse of the map/form.
  When this program is executed from VAGen generated COBOL, the
  result of the IF statement is TRUE.  This occurs regardless if
  the runtime environment is VAGen or EGL.  However, if the
  program is migrated to EGL, and the EGL generated COBOL is
  executed, the result of the IF statement is FALSE.
  
  * SYSROUTE of APAR PK34949
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• The EGL primitive field level property 'isDecimalDigit' is
  being treated as a numeric field whereas it should be treated
  as a character field with the contents undergoing a numeric
  validation.
  

Problem conclusion

• The server runtime modules have been updated accordingly.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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

  PK34949

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

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  RATL COBOL RT Z

• Fixed component ID

  5655R2900

Applicable component levels

• R038 PSY

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