PI82406: REPLICATION FAILS FOR CHAR FOR BIT DATA COLUMN CREATED IN UNICODE TABLE SPACE

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When replicating a CHAR FOR BIT DATA column to the target CHAR
  FOR BIT DATA column that is created in Unicode table space,
  CHC0322W will be issued to indicate that this is an invalid
  data type conversion and the replication will fail
  

Local fix

• NA
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: Users of InfoSphere Data Replication Change  *
  *                 Data Capture for z/OS                        *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: When CDC for z/OS attempts to replicate *
  *                      a CHAR FOR BIT DATA column to a target  *
  *                      CHAR FOR BIT DATA column that was       *
  *                      created in a Unicode table space,       *
  *                      replication fails and message CHC0322W  *
  *                      is incorrectly issued to indicate that  *
  *                      an invalid data type conversion         *
  *                      occurred.                               *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: APPLY CORRECTIVE SERVICE                     *
  ****************************************************************
  When you map to a target CHAR FOR BIT DATA column that was
  created in a Unicode table space, the CCSID for this column is
  set incorrectly in the CDC for z/OS metadata.
  

Problem conclusion

• The code that sets the CCSID in the metadata was updated to
  correct this issue.
  

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:

  UI47836

Modules/Macros

•    CHCDB2DL
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  INFO SRVR CDC Z

• Fixed component ID

  5655U7600

Applicable component levels

• RA21 PSY UI47836

     UP17/06/21 P F706

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