PH65057: NEW FUNCTION: UPDATED JSON PARSE TO ALLOW CERTAIN NON-NUMERIC CHARACTERS IN JSON STRING WHEN RECEIVER IS NUMERIC, NUMERIC-EDITED

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APAR status

• Closed as new function.

Error description

• JSON Parse currently does not allow certain non-numeric
  characters in JSON String when receiver is numeric,
  numeric-edited
  

Local fix

• N/A
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: Users of Enterprise COBOL 6.4 and later      *
  *                 releases running programs which use JSON     *
  *                 PARSE statement(s) on JSON string(s) to      *
  *                 parse values into numeric,                   *
  *                 numeric-edited, external floating-point, or  *
  *                 internal floating-point receiver data items. *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: NEW FUNCTION                            *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: Install the provided PTF.                    *
  ****************************************************************
  None
  
  COB0604T/K
  

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

• NEW FUNCTION
  
  The COBOL Runtime has been enhanced to allow '+', '-',
  and 'space' sign symbols in addition to numeric characters
  in position 1 of the JSON string when the receiver is
  numeric, numeric-edited, external floating-point, or
  internal floating-point. Users installing this APAR
  must recompile their existing programs with the compiler
  APAR PH65097 applied to observe the new behaviour.
  

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Modules/Macros

• IGZCER4  IGZCEV4  IGZCJNI2 IGZLLIBV IGZXAPI  IGZXCA31 IGZXCDA
  IGZXD24  IGZXDMR  IGZXJNI2 IGZXLPIO IGZXLPKA IGZXLPKB IGZXLPKC
  IGZXLPKD IGZXLPKE IGZXLPKF IGZXLPKG IGZXPK2
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  LE ENT COBOL LI

• Fixed component ID

  568819812

Applicable component levels

• R7D0 PSY UO02241

     UP25/03/01 P F502  

• R7E0 PSY UO02242

     UP25/03/01 P F502  

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