PQ84120: USING THE REPROCESS PROCEDURE, MESSAGES SELECTED APPEAR TWICE OR APPEAR TO BE DUPLICATES, WITH SHARED QUEUES ACTIVE

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• With the QCF REPROCESS procedure messages appear to be selected
  twice or appear to be duplicates in a shared queues environment.
  The messages have the same prefix, but one has user data
  associated with it and the other doesn't.
  ----
  This APAR will address not selecting certain empty messages in
  a shared queues environment.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All users, using QCF procedures for          *
  *                 reprocessing messages or rebuilding the      *
  *                 queueus in shared queues environment.        *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: With the QCF REPROCESS procedure        *
  *                      some messages appear twice.             *
  *                      Duplicated messages have the same       *
  *                      prefix and no user data. These are      *
  *                      messages retrieved from shared queues.  *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  Some messages retrieved with READ from shared queues appear
  twice in the selected messages file. Duplicated messages have
  the same prefix and no user data- they are obsolete.
  These messages should be not selected.
  

Problem conclusion

• The program,selecting messages to be reprocessed or used to
  rebuild the queues,is changed not to select messages
  retrieved from shared queues and with no user data.
  

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:

  UQ85998

Modules/Macros

• IQCSEL61
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  IMS QUEUE CNTL

• Fixed component ID

  5697E9900

Applicable component levels

• R120 PSY UQ85998

     UP04/03/11 P F403

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