PQ78663: NO EXCLUDE / INCLUDE OF LOWER CASE APPC TP NAMES

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• If messages have been inserted to a lower case LU62 TPname
  (e.g. 'dfsasync' rather than 'DFSASYNC'), QCF offers no
  possibility of excluding or including the destination during
  the IQCSELCT phase. Messages inserted to lower case TPnames
  cannot be dequeued in IMS as commands do not support lower case
  names.
  One cannot get rid of messages to a lower case tpname unless all
  tpnames for the LUNAME are excluded (by specifying LU=xxxxxx
  without any LUTPNAME keyword).
  If messages are queued for both lower case 'dfsasync' and upper
  case 'DFSASYNC', then the following will actually exclude
  messages for 'DFSASYNC' and let those for 'dfsasync' pass:
  EXCLUDE  LUNAME=WHATEVER,
           LUTPNAME=dfsasync  (lower case)
  The same happens with the UNLOAD function.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: Users with lower case defined LU62 TPnames.  *
  *                 QCF automatically converts all control       *
  *                 cards to upper case letters, giving no       *
  *                 possibility to write INCLUDE/EXCLUDE         *
  *                 control cards for lower case defined names.  *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: If messages have been inserted to a     *
  *                      lower case LU62 TPname, there is no     *
  *                      way to INCLUDE/EXCLUDE these            *
  *                      destinations for function BROWSE,       *
  *                      UNLOAD. Also no SELECT can be done      *
  *                      on lower case defined names.            *
  *                      QCF converts all control cards to upper *
  *                      case letters.                           *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  QCF automatically uppercases all control cards,and offers no
  possibility of excluding or including destinations defined
  with lower case letters.
  The subroute, that reads the control cards, has been changed
  to scan for LUTP=, LUTPNAME=, TPNAME= and to leave the
  following values as they are written.
  

Problem conclusion

• LUTP, LUTPNAME and TPNAME values will not be uppercased - will
  remain the way they are written in INCLUDE/EXCLUDE control cards
  Please review all members, used to start jobs when crossing the
  thresholds. In the control cards these values should be used
  the way they are defined in the system (upper case or lower case
  letters).
  

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:

  UQ83833

Modules/Macros

• IQCCANCL IQCINSRT IQCRDSB  IQCSELCT IQCXREAD
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  IMS QUEUE CNTL

• Fixed component ID

  5697E9900

Applicable component levels

• R120 PSY UQ83833

     UP04/01/08 P F401

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