JR34617: IIS-DSEE-TFUU-00009 ENCODING CONVERSION ERR WHEN TRYING TO READ DATA FROM A TABLE WHICH NAME IS JAPANESE DOUBLE BYTE

Download Fix Pack 2 for InfoSphere Information Server Version 8.1

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• [Environment]
  
  DataStage:
  IS8.1
  AIX5.3
  
  DB:
  Windows 2003
  Oracle 10g; Shift-JIS
  
  Customer has a simple job, ODBC Enterprise ---> Peek.
  And he tries to read data from a table on Oracle. The table name
  is TEST_01 (all the characters are double byte, and TEST is
  replaced with Japanese double byte KATAKANA characters.)
  
  Each character is Japanese double byte character.
  When trying to read data from the table, customer gets the
  followig FATAL error:
  
     Type: Fatal
     User Name: dsadm
     Message Id: IIS-DSEE-TFUU-00009
     Message: main_program: Encoding conversion error : Output
  buffer too small for conversion
  Encoding conversion error : Output buffer too small for
  conversion
  
  but the job finishes normally and it is possible to get the data
  without any problem.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  USERS AFFECTED:
  Customer will get the error
  Message: main_program: Encoding conversion error : Output buffer
  too small for conversion
  Encoding conversion error : Output buffer too small for
  conversion
  when a table name or a column name contains double byte numeral.
  This is platform independent
  ****************************************************************
  PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
  Customer will get the error
  Message Id: IIS-DSEE-TFUU-00009
  Message: main_program: Encoding conversion error : Output buffer
  too small for conversion
  Encoding conversion error : Output buffer too small for
  conversion
  
  when a table name or a column name contains double byte numeral.
  ****************************************************************
  RECOMMENDATION:
  Apply patch JR34617
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• Made changes to function APT_strtol64(). The error will no
  longer be seen.
  

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

• SERVER
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  WIS DATASTAGE

• Fixed component ID

  5724Q36DS

Applicable component levels

• R810 PSN

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