PK84050: AFTER MSGS "CONVERSION NOT SUPPORTED" AND "TABLE DATA CONVERSIO N JOBSTEP WILL BE GENERATED" ARE ISSUED NO JOB IS BUILT

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• The DB2 Object Comparison Tool for z/OS issues a message:
  Compare table source(aaa.bbb) and target(ccc.ddd)
    Column COL1
      Conversion not supported for Col COL1 (TIME to INTEGER)
      (D)Type changed from TIME to INTEGER
      (E)This type change is not supported
    Tables have identical column lists
    Table ccc.ddd will be dropped
    Table will be recreated
    Table data conversion jobstep will be generated
    However the conversion will fail because of datatype mismatch
  
  GOC2CMP - Error(s) found. Please review output
  and ends with a returncode 12.
  
  The message is misleading as no subsequent jobs are built.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: Users of DB2 Administration Tool &           *
  *                 DB2 Object Comparison Tool                   *
  *                 who perform unsupported conversion types.    *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Object Comparison reports for all       *
  *                      unsupported conversions (in this case   *
  *                      column type change from TIME to INT),   *
  *                      that 'Table data conversion jobstep     *
  *                      will be generated' and stops with       *
  *                      rc 12.                                  *
  *                                                              *
  *                      In fact conversion job is not           *
  *                      generated, because GOCGAJOB step        *
  *                      will be executed only when rc from      *
  *                      compare <=7.                            *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: Apply The PTF.                               *
  ****************************************************************
  Corrected misleading messages written in report
  but OC ends with RC 12.
  

Problem conclusion

• The problem has been fixed.
  

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:

  UK50282

Modules/Macros

•    GOC2CMT
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  DB2 OBJECT COMP

• Fixed component ID

  5697G6400

Applicable component levels

• R720 PSY UK50282

     UP09/09/26 P F909

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