PM57923: Incorrect parm sent from Java to remote i/OS

Rational Business Developer 8.5
Rational Business Developer Fix Pack 4 (8.0.1.4) for 8.0.1

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Customer is finding that the following record is not being
  passed correctly to a remote i/OS program from Java:
  
  Record UCNTD02-DATA-XFR type basicRecord
      3 WS-UCNTD02-DATA-XFR char(7005); // UPROD02 data transfer
          4 WS-CHG-CRG-ARRAY char(7)[1000];
              5 WS-CHG-CRGID num(5);
              5 WS-SELECTED-FLG char(1);
              5 WS-NEW-SELECT-FLG char(1);
          4 WS-TOTAL-CRG-SIZE num(5);
  end
  
  
  The Num(5) field is set to 00 instead of F0 in the outgoing
  buffer.
  
  
  Notes:
  
  1. If the record size is smaller (by changing the array to 10
  for example), the problem does not occur. The porblem is found
  when the array size is 100, but the cutoff point is not known.
  
  2. If there is a writestdout on the first element of the array
  before the call to the remote program, the problem does not
  occur.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  When a generated Java program passes a structured record to
  a called program, and the record contains an occurred NUM
  field with a large number of elements, the data of the
  elements may be passed in ASCII format even when they should
  be passed in EBCDIC.
  

Problem conclusion

• The problem has been fixed.
  

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

• Fixed component name

  RATL BUS DEV

• Fixed component ID

  5724S5000

Applicable component levels

• R801 PSN

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