PH03861: DB2 ADMINISTRATION TOOL - AN ALTER TABLE (OF A BASE TABLE) WITH LOB COLUMNS TO ADD A COLUMN, LOAD FAILS DSNU323I

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Adding a new column that is NOT NULL with no DEFAULT and
  SPANNED YES to a table with BLOB columns. Hence an unload
  with 'SPANNED YES' got generated and then a drop, create
  and a load. The load fails with:
     DSNU323I - COLUMN '<newcol>' IS OMITTED
  

Local fix

• Use SPANNED NO
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: Users of the Db2 Administration Tool for     *
  *                 z/OS or Db2 Object Comparison Tool for       *
  *                 z/OS.                                        *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: WSL generated by ALT process fails      *
  *                      during LOAD utility with RC 8 and       *
  *                      DSNU323I.                               *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  During ALT process, when a not null, no default integer column
  is inserted into a table after a LOB column and if SPANNED=YES
  option is used, WSL job fails with RC 8 and below LOAD error:
  
  DSNU323I - COLUMN >newcolumn< IS OMITTED
  UTILITY EXECUTION TERMINATED,
  HIGHEST RETURN CODE=8
  

Problem conclusion

• Problems have been resolved.
  

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:

  010PC2Ÿ UI61169 UI61170

Modules/Macros

•    ADBTEP2
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  DB2 ADMIN TOOL

• Fixed component ID

  568851500

Applicable component levels

• RB20 PSY UI61169

     UP19/02/08 P F902

• RC10 PSY UI61170

     UP19/02/08 P F902

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