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PH69381: THE IGNORING AND INDICATING KEYWORDS IN-CONTEXT ARE MISSING FROM THE SAMPLE ALTERNATE RESERVED WORD TABLE IGY8CICS

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • The IGNORING and INDICATING keywords in-context are missing from
    the sample alternate reserved word table IGY8CICS
    

Local fix

Problem summary

  • ****************************************************************
    * USERS AFFECTED: Users of Enterprise COBOL 6.4 who have used  *
    *                 the IGY8CICS alternate reserved word table   *
    *                 to compile COBOL programs containing the     *
    *                 reserved-in-context keywords IGNORING or     *
    *                 INDICATING (on the JSON GENERATE or JSON     *
    *                 PARSE statements).                           *
    ****************************************************************
    * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: When compiling a COBOL program that     *
    *                      contains either the IGNORING or         *
    *                      INDICATING keywords using the IGY8CICS  *
    *                      alternate reserved word table, the      *
    *                      compiler may issue this error message   *
    *                      (or a similar one):                     *
    *                                                              *
    *                      IGYPS2072-S "IGNORING" was invalid.     *
    *                      Skipped to the next verb, period or     *
    *                      procedure-name definition.              *
    ****************************************************************
    * RECOMMENDATION: Apply the provided PTF                       *
    ****************************************************************
    The IGNORING and INDICATING keywords were missing from the
    IGY8CICS alternate reserved word table shipped in the compiler
    SIGYSAMP dataset.
    

Problem conclusion

  • The IGNORING and INDICATING keyword definitions were added to
    the IGY8CICS alternate reserved word table. If users are
    encountering the problem above, they should apply the PTF and
    re-assemble and bind the new alternate reserved word table.
    

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

  • APAR number

    PH69381

  • Reported component name

    ENT COBOL FOR Z

  • Reported component ID

    5655EC600

  • Reported release

    640

  • Status

    CLOSED PER

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Special Attention

    NoSpecatt / Xsystem

  • Submitted date

    2025-12-12

  • Closed date

    2025-12-12

  • Last modified date

    2026-01-02

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

    PH68894

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

    UO06213 UO06214 UO06215

Modules/Macros

  • IGY8CICS IGY8RWRD IGY8RWTU IGYCASMB IGYCCBE  IGYCCCRT IGYCCICS
    IGYCCSRV IGYCDGEN IGYCDIAG IGYCDMAP IGYCEN$0 IGYCEN$1 IGYCEN$2
    IGYCEN$3 IGYCEN$4 IGYCEN$5 IGYCEN$8 IGYCEN$D IGYCEN$R IGYCFGEN
    IGYCFREE IGYCINIT IGYCJA$0 IGYCJA$1 IGYCJA$2 IGYCJA$3 IGYCJA$4
    IGYCJA$5 IGYCJA$8 IGYCJA$D IGYCJA$R IGYCJGEN IGYCLIBR IGYCLSTR
    IGYCLVL0 IGYCLVL1 IGYCLVL2 IGYCLVL3 IGYCLVL8 IGYCMALL IGYCOPI
    IGYCOPT  IGYCOSCN IGYCPGEN IGYCRCTL IGYCRDPR IGYCRDSC IGYCREAL
    IGYCRWT  IGYCSCAN IGYCSIMD IGYCUE$0 IGYCUE$1 IGYCUE$2 IGYCUE$3
    IGYCUE$4 IGYCUE$5 IGYCUE$8 IGYCUE$D IGYCUE$R IGYCXREF IGYDRV
    IGYEQCWI IGYMSGE  IGYMSGK  IGYMSGT  IGYQCBE  IGYQSPLT IGYZQEN6
    IGYZQENU IGYZQJP6 IGYZQJPN
    

Fix information

  • Fixed component name

    ENT COBOL FOR Z

  • Fixed component ID

    5655EC600

Applicable component levels

  • R640 PSY UO06213

       UP25/12/18 P F512

  • R641 PSY UO06214

       UP25/12/18 P F512

  • R642 PSY UO06215

       UP25/12/18 P F512

Fix is available

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Document Information

Modified date:
02 January 2026