PI85428: PROGRAM ABENDS WITH S0C7 WHEN INVALID DATA IS USED IN A COMPARE FOR A PACKED-DECIMAL OR USAGE DISPLAY DATA-ITEM.

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Users of Enterprise COBOL Vx.x compiling programs at OPT(1|2)
  and ARCH(10) or higher that compare a PACKED-DECIMAL or USAGE
  DISPLAY data item to another numeric data item, with the
  PACKED-DECIMAL or USAGE DISPLAY data item containing invalid
  digits or an invalid sign code may experience an ABEND0C7 at
  runtime.
  

Local fix

• Compile at OPT(0) or ARCH(9) or below
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: Users of Enterprise COBOL V6.1 compiling     *
  *                 programs and running programs that contain   *
  *                 comparisons of a PACKED-DECIMAL or USAGE     *
  *                 DISPLAY data item to another numeric data    *
  *                 item, with the PACKED-DECIMAL or USAGE       *
  *                 DISPLAY data item containing invalid digits  *
  *                 or an invalid sign code,  Compiling with     *
  *                 OPT(1|2) and ARCH(10) or higher and          *
  *                 ZONEDATA(NOPFD) should tolerate the invalid  *
  *                 data, but it does not.                       *
  *                                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: ABEND at runtime: The program ABENDs    *
  *                      with a S0C7. This is different from     *
  *                      COBOL V4 and earlier, so this is a      *
  *                      migration issue.                        *
  *                                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: Apply the provided PTF and compile with      *
  *                 ZONEDATA(NOPFD) or ZONEDATA(MIG). Use        *
  *                 ZONEDATA(MIG) if you used NUMPROC(MIG) in    *
  *                 COBOL V4/earlier; otherwise, use             *
  *                 ZONEDATA(NOPFD).                             *
  *                                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  The compiler generates more optimal code that sometimes
  converts PACKED-DECIMAL or USAGE DISPLAY data to decimal
  floating point before comparing. Conversions to decimal
  floating point don't tolerate invalid digits or sign codes, so
  an S0C7 data exception may occur.
  

Problem conclusion

• The compiler was fixed to not generate decimal floating point
  compares of USAGE DISPLAY or PACKED-DECIMAL data when compiling
  with ZONEDATA(NOPFD) or ZONEDATA(MIG).
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

  PI85063

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Modules/Macros

•    IGYQCBE
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  ENT COBOL FOR Z

• Fixed component ID

  5655EC600

Applicable component levels

• R610 PSY UI49694

     UP17/08/25 P F708

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