APAR status
Closed as program error.
Error description
A PX ODBC EE job can fail with SIGSEGV or SIGBUS errors when varchar/char columns with the extended attribute of unicode are used. The problem is caused by an incorrect buffer size calculation being performed for this data types
Local fix
Either remove the 'Unicode' attribute or set the debugging attribute of 'APT_DEBUG_MODULE_NAMES' set to 'odbcread odbcwrite'. This fix is included in 8.0.1 fix pack 3
Problem summary
**************************************************************** USERS AFFECTED: All platforms, ODBC jobs with unicode columns **************************************************************** PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: ODBC Upsert job aborts with SIGBUS error when there are columns with type char/varchar with unicode extension and NLS map is IOS-8859-1 **************************************************************** RECOMMENDATION: Install patch for JR33046 ****************************************************************
Problem conclusion
RESOLUTION: Ustring data type not being handled correctly in ODBC upsert operator. Modified code to allocate sufficient buffer for binding parameters.
Temporary fix
Comments
APAR Information
APAR number
JR33046
Reported component name
WIS DATASTAGE
Reported component ID
5724Q36DS
Reported release
810
Status
CLOSED PER
PE
NoPE
HIPER
NoHIPER
Special Attention
NoSpecatt
Submitted date
2009-05-15
Closed date
2009-05-22
Last modified date
2010-12-09
APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:
APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:
Modules/Macros
ODBC EE
Fix information
Fixed component name
WIS DATASTAGE
Fixed component ID
5724Q36DS
Applicable component levels
R810 PSN
UP
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Document Information
Modified date:
09 December 2010