PM77824: CRASH / SEGMENTATION FAULT ENCOUNTERED WHEN USING TONUMBER FUNCTION

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Crash / segmentation fault encountered when using TONUMBER()
  function.
  

Local fix

• WTXCQ - WTX00041879
  GK / GK
  Circumvention: None
  

Problem summary

• Users Affected:
  WebSphere Transformation Extender customers who use ToNumber
  function with non-Native format strings.
  
  Problem Description:
  The application crashes and the stack trace points to ToNumber
  function from the core engine module
  
  Platforms Affected:
  All
  

Problem conclusion

• We were doing an incorrect check to see if we had needed a new
  buffer to hold the character-set converted format string
  provided by the user.  This fix changes the check.
  
  Delivered in:
  8.3.0.6, 8.4.0.4
  

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:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  WEBSPHERE DESIG

• Fixed component ID

  5724M4008

Applicable component levels

• R820 PSY

     UP

• R830 PSY

     UP

• R840 PSY

     UP