IJ32032: REGRESSION: FORM PARAMETERS ARE NOT SENT AS UTF8 IN GETHTTP

7.1.0-TIV-NCI-FP0022-README.txt
7.1.0-TIV-NCI-SOLARIS-FP0022
7.1.0-TIV-NCI-ZLINUX-FP0022
7.1.0-TIV-NCI-WINDOWS-FP0022
7.1.0-TIV-NCI-LINUX-FP0022
7.1.0-TIV-NCI-AIX-FP0022
IBM Tivoli Netcool/Impact V7.1.0 Fix Pack 22 (7.1.0-TIV-NCI-FP0022)

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Form Parameters are not sent as UTF8 in GetHTTP so data with
  special characters sets, such as arabic, is not sent correctly
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * All Impact Users                                             *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * HTTP POST/PATCH/PUT requests made with the GetHTTP function  *
  * does not perserve UTF-8 content submitted using the          *
  * FormParameters object. The UTF-8 encoded characters are      *
  * truncated into "3%F".                                        *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  * NONE                                                         *
  ****************************************************************
  The following policy code shows an example of a FormParameters
  object with UTF-8 content:
  
  FormParameters=NewObject();
  
  FormParameters.id = 12;
  FormParameters.isEnabled = false;
  FormParameters.id = "node1";
  FormParameters.name = "city ??";
  FormParameters.location = "tokyo";
  
  FilesToSend = null;
  
  GetHTTP(HTTPHost, HTTPPort, Protocol, Path, ChannelKey, Method,
  AuthHandlerActionTreeName, FormParameters, FilesToSend,
  HeadersToSend, HttpProperties)
  
  When the form parameters are retrieved at the destination
  endpoint, the value of the name attribute has been truncated to
  "city+%3F%3F"
  

Problem conclusion

• The fix for this APAR is contained in the following
  maintenance packages:
  | Fix Pack | 7.1.0-TIV-NCI-FP0022 |
  | MDVREGR 7.1.0-TIV-NCI-FP0019 |
  | MDVREGR 7.1.0-TIV-NCI-FP0020 |
  | MDVREGR 7.1.0-TIV-NCI-FP0021 |
  

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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