PH28024: MIXUP BETWEEN EBCDIC CODEPAGES 037 AND 1047 FOR CONTAINER DFHWS-URI-QUERY

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Container DFHWS-URI-QUERY has a CCSID of 1047 however the data
  is in codepage 037.  If square brackets are present then when
  this container is accessed by a program then the square bracket
  characters may not be as expected.
  
  In codepage 037, the left bracket character [ is 'BA'x, the
  right bracket character ] is 'BB'x.  However in 1047 the left
  bracket character [ is 'AD'x, the right bracket character ] is
  'BD'x.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All CICS Users.                              *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Container DFHWS-URI-QUERY may contain   *
  *                      incorrect EBCDIC characters for         *
  *                      square brackets.                        *
  ****************************************************************
  It is possible for the container DFHWS-URI-QUERY to contain
  incorrect EBCDIC characters for square brackets when using a
  CICS region with a LOCALCCSID that is not 1047.
  The PUT CONTAINER call for DFHWS-URI-QUERY will have stored its
  contents in the CICS region as CCSID 1047.
  When CICS issues a GET CONTAINER call the contents of the
  container are converted from code page 1047 to code page 037.
  This results in any square brackets in this container being
  converted to a different EBCIDC character, which may mean
  customer applications could abend.
  

Problem conclusion

• DFHPITH has been changed to populate the DFHWS-URI-QUERY
  container using the correct CCSID.
  

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:

  UI72964 UI72965 UI72966

Modules/Macros

• DFHPITH
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  CICS TS Z/OS V5

• Fixed component ID

  5655Y0400

Applicable component levels

• R100 PSY UI72966

     UP20/12/09 P F012

• R200 PSY UI72965

     UP20/12/09 P F012

• R300 PSY UI72964

     UP20/12/11 P F012

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