IT25589: LIST HISTORY COMMAND FAILS WITH DB21018E ERROR WHEN THE HISTORY FILE CONTAINS A DROPPED TABLE EVENT WITH LONGER TABLE NAME.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• LIST HISTORY command fails with DB21018E error when the history
  file contains a DROPPED TABLE event which the length of the
  table name is longer than 128KB.
  
  
  $ db2 list history dropped table all for sample
  
                      List History File for sample
  
  Number of matching file entries = 1
  
  
   Op Obj Timestamp+Sequence Type Dev Earliest Log Current Log
  Backup ID
   -- --- ------------------ ---- --- ------------ ------------
  --------------
    D  T  20180628135510
  000000000000253700040004
  
  ----------------------------------------------------------------
  ------------
    "DB2INST1 "."TABLE1" resides in 1 tablespace(s):
  
   00001 TS8K
  
  ----------------------------------------------------------------
  ------------
      Comment: DROP TABLE
   Start Time: 20180628135510
     End Time: 20180628135510
       Status: A
  
  ----------------------------------------------------------------
  ------------
    EID: 5
  
  DB21018E  A system error occurred. The command line processor
  could not
  continue processing.
  
  
  The db2diag.log shows SQLO_QUE_BAD_HANDLE error as follows:
  
  2018-06-28-14.11.52.809384-240 E82157A699           LEVEL: Error
  (OS)
  PID     : 29294808             TID : 1              PROC : db2bp
  INSTANCE: db2inst1             NODE : 000
  HOSTNAME: db2server
  EDUID   : 1
  FUNCTION: DB2 UDB, oper system services, sqlowqueInternal,
  probe:40
  MESSAGE : ZRC=0x870F003E=-2029060034=SQLO_QUE_BAD_HANDLE "Bad
  Queue Handle"
            DIA8555C An invalid message queue handle was
  encountered.
  CALLED  : OS, -, msgsnd
  OSERR   : EINVAL (22) "A system call received a parameter that
  is not valid."
  DATA #1 : system V message queue identifier.,
  PD_TYPE_SYSV_QUEUE_ID, 4 bytes
  0x43544554
  DATA #2 : Pointer, 8 bytes
  0x000000011088f080
  DATA #3 : unsigned integer, 8 bytes
  65527
  

Local fix

• Delete the problematic event by PRUNE HISTORY command.
  

Problem summary

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Problem conclusion

• First fixed in Db2 11.1 Mod 4 Fixpack 5
  

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

  DB2 FOR LUW

• Fixed component ID

  DB2FORLUW

Applicable component levels