PK70634: QMF TABLE EDITOR CAUSES TRAILING BINARY ZEROES (X'00') IN CHAR DATA FIELDS TO BE CHANGED TO BLANKS (X'40').

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• QMF Table Editor causes trailing binary zeroes (nulls) to be
  converted to blanks (x'40') in CHARACTER fields.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All QMF for TSO/CICS V810 and V910 users.    *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: QMF Table Editor causes trailing binary *
  *                      zeroes (nulls) to be converted to       *
  *                      blanks (x'40') in CHARACTER fields.     *
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  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  If any value in a row being updated by the Table Editor
  contained trailing binary zeroes, those zeroes were not
  considered when the length of the text field was calculated.
  Thus, the value x'C1C20000', originally of length 4, was
  considered to be of length 2 when it was written back to the
  table.  Since the field displayed on the Table Editor
  SEARCH screen is initialized to (-    ) or x'60404040', and only
  2 bytes of 'C1C20000' were written to that field, the resultant
  value in the text field was 'C1C24040', and that value was
  written back to the table.  This field does not have to be the
  field that is being updated by the user in the Table Editor.
  

Problem conclusion

• A new parameter was added to Table Editor code to allow for
  processing of trailing binary zeroes (nulls).
  

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:

  UK39636 UK39637

Modules/Macros

• DSQCFIND DSQCVALP DSQEWIN2 DXEGFUNC
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  QMF-QUERY MGMT

• Fixed component ID

  566872101

Applicable component levels

• R810 PSY UK39636

     UP08/09/10 P F809

• R910 PSY UK39637

     UP08/09/10 P F809

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