PL02906: EXPORT OF COBOL ELEMENT MISSING SINGLE QUOTES OCCURS = PARAMETER10 TIMES PE02275 PE02298 PE02556 PE69916 PE71701 PE71707 PE02351

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• A COBOL ELEMENT WAS CREATED UNDER BATCH USING THE ADD
  COMMAND. THE ELEMENT WAS DEFINED WITH OCCURS='10 TIMES'.
  AN EXPORT OF THE ELEMENT YIELDS OCCURS= 10 TIMES . THE
  OCCURS PARAMETER IS MISSING THE SINGLE QUOTES.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: DATA DICT REL5 REL6 EXPORT USERS             *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: EXPORT BUILDS INVALID COMMAND WITHOUT   *
  *                      QUOTES FOR DTE KEYWORD/OPERAND PAIR     *
  *                      OCCURS='X TIMES'.                       *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: APPLY FIX                                    *
  ****************************************************************
  THE EXPORT MODULE DBD5XATR BUILDS ALL THE KEYWORD/OPERAND PAIRS
  FOR SUBJECT ATTRIBUTES. CHARACTER STRING OPERANDS THAT CONTAIN
  SPECIAL CHARACTERS REQUIRE SINGLE QUOTES. DBD5XATR, HOWEVER, DID
  NOT RECOGNIZE A SPACE AS A SPECIAL CHARACTER, AND BYPASSED THE
  QUOTE ROUTINE. THIS PRODUCED A COMMAND WITH DTE OCCURS=X TIMES,
  WHICH IS INVALID WITHOUT QUOTES. THIS PROBLEM COULD ALSO EXIST
  FOR OTHER SPECIAL CHARACTER STRING OPERANDS CONTAINING A SPACE.
   ADDITIONAL SYMPTOMS: THE FIX FOR THIS APAR ALSO RESOLVES THE
  FOLLOWING PROBLEM:
  MSGDBD6653 IS RECEIVED ON THE PREVIEW OF A PSB WHICH WAS
  EXPORTED WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMAND:
  EXPORT PSB (H,P,CI30,0) AND DEPENDENTS SELSTAT=H NEWSTAT=P:
  THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE STATUS FOR AN EXPORTED PCB DID NOT
  CONTAIN THE NEW STATUS. ALSO, THE EXPORT OUTPUT LISTING DOES
  NOT SHOW ALL OF THE EXPORT OPTIONS.
  

Problem conclusion

• APPLICABLE PTF'S: PE02278-T1000  R602
                    PE02298-T1000  R602
                    PE02556-T1000  R602
                    PE02351-T1000  R500
                    PE69916-T8602  R500
                    PE71701-T8603  R500
                    PE71707-T8603  R500
  DBD5XATR HAS BEEN CHANGED TO RECOGNIZE A SPACE AS A SPECIAL
  CHARACTER. OPERANDS THAT INCLUDE VALID SPACES WILL BE ENCLOSED
  IN QUOTES. THE TERMINAL USER'S GUIDE SH2091891 CONTAINS A
  DESCRIPTION OF THE FIELD FORM. ONE OF THE PARAMETERS DISCUSSED
  IS THE COBOL OCCURS ATTRIBUTE. THE GUIDE INCORRECTLY STATES
  THAT THE OCCURS FIELD MUST BE ENTERED ON THE FORM WITH OPENING
  AND CLOSING QUOTES. THE QUOTES ARE ONLY NECESSARY WHEN OCCURS=
  IS SPECIFIED IN A COMMAND.
  

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:

  UL03914 UL03915

Modules/Macros

•    DBD5XATR
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  OS/VS DATA DICT

• Fixed component ID

  5740XXF00

Applicable component levels

• R500 PSY UL03915

     UP86/10/16 P F609

• R602 PSY UL03914

     UP86/10/16 P F609