IJ25552: UI DATA PROVIDERS THROWS NULL POINTER EXCEPTION WHEN HANDLING A NULLABLE INTEGER FROM A SQL DATA TYPE

7.1.0-TIV-NCI-WINDOWS-FP0020
7.1.0-TIV-NCI-ZLINUX-FP0020
7.1.0-TIV-NCI-AIX-FP0020
7.1.0-TIV-NCI-SOLARIS-FP0020
7.1.0-TIV-NCI-LINUX-FP0020
7.1.0-TIV-NCI-FP0020-README.txt
IBM Tivoli Netcool/Impact V7.1.0 Fix Pack 20 (7.1.0-TIV-NCI-FP0020)

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• UI data providers throws null pointer exception when handling a
  nullable integer from a SQL data type
  

Local fix

• To be fixed in future Fix Pack release (likely FP20).
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * All Impact Users                                             *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * Policy based datasets that assign the results of a DirectSQL *
  * call to DataType output parameter will fail if the DirectSQL *
  * results contain NULL values for any numeric fields.          *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  When the problem occurs, a NumberFormatException error will be
  reported in ImpactUI/logs/messages.log:
  
  java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: "null"
  	at
  java.lang.NumberFormatException.forInputString(NumberFormatExcep
  tion.java:76)
  	at java.lang.Integer.parseInt(Integer.java:592)
  	at java.lang.Integer.parseInt(Integer.java:627)
  	at
  com.micromuse.common.restprovider.ImpactCURIUtils.convertValueTo
  RightObject(ImpactCURIUtils.java:1025)
  

Problem conclusion

• The UI data provider was updated to correctly parse null values
  for numeric fields.
  
  The fix for this APAR is contained in the following maintenance
  packages:
  |Fix Pack | 7.1.0-TIV-NCI-FP0020
  

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:

Modules/Macros

• UNKNOWN
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  NETCOOL/IMPACT

• Fixed component ID

  5724O59IS

Applicable component levels

• R710 PSY

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