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PK80202: REMOVE WARNING FOR COMPARISON OF NUMERIC TO TEXT TYPES

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • When VisualAge Generator does a comparison of CHARacters and
zon ed NUMbers, it performs a byte by byte comparison by left
justif ying the NUM value and then compared it to the text. This
can produce unusual results in the 'if' statement, and even
allow non-numeric values to be used from the zoned number
source.

In Rational Business Developer - Enterprise Generation Language,
 when a comparison of a text with a number is done, the text is
converted to a valid number and then mathematically compared to
the number. This could produce a different result than VAGen.

A warning should be given in the EGL editor when comparing text
and numbers.

LOCAL FIX:

Local fix

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Problem summary


    

  • The real problem here is that integer literals were treated
as NUM in vag and v6.x. They were changed to INT in 7.0.
This causes the runtime to have to translate the character
code into a numeric.

    



Problem conclusion


    

  • A new build descriptor optiion has been introduced
(v60NumWithCharBehavior) that will allow the customer to go
back to the original VAG/V6x functionality. So, no warning
message is needed.

    



Temporary fix


    

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Comments


    

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APAR Information




    

  • APAR number
    PK80202
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  • Reported component name
    RBD EGL FOR COB
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  • Reported component ID
    5724S5001
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  • Reported release
    710
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  • Status
    CLOSED  PER
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  • PE
    NoPE
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  • HIPER
    NoHIPER
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  • Special Attention
    NoSpecatt
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  • Submitted date
    2009-02-06
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  • Closed date
    2009-03-20
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  • Last modified date
    2009-03-20
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  • APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:
    

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Fix information


    

  • Fixed component name
    RATL BUS DEV
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  • Fixed component ID
    5724S5000
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Applicable component levels


    

  • R710  PSN
       UP
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            Modified date:
            

            20 March 2009
            

            
                      

        


        

        


      

    

  



    

  

  
    
            

          
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