OW16997: "REFACTD XXX N" COMMAND FAILS WHEN REFMODE SET TO LIST EXECUTE AND THE PERSONAL DATASET LIST "XXX" ENTRY "N" CONTAINS LOWERCASE

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• The reference list fastpath command REFACTD can fail when the
  command includes a Personal Dataset List name & an entry number
  when that entry contains lowercase and REFMODE = LIST EXECUTE.
    For example:  if I have a Personal Data Set List named MYLIST
  and the 1st entry contains lower case letters such as
  clist -or- CLISt -or- clist(A) -or- CLIST(a) -or- CLIST(a*)
  and from BROWSE VIEW EDIT OPT3.4 etc. I enter the valid command:
  REFACTD MYLIST 1   to load the dsname level field with the 1st
  entry in MYLIST and execute, I can get a variety of error msgs.
  such as:
     ISRM018 No matches
     The specified pattern produced no matching members.
  
     ISRE090 Invalid member name
     Member name a not valid for partitioned data sets.
  
     ISRCV007 Invalid DSN - qualifier
     Each qualifier must be 1-8 alphanumeric characters, the first
     alphabetic.
  
     ISRU171 No data set names found
     No data sets are cataloged that start with 'DON.CLISt'.
  
  This does not fail under V4R1
  ================================================================
  ADDITIONAL KEYWORDS MSGISRM018 MSGISRE090 MSGISRCV007 MSGISRU171
                      OPT1 OPT2 OPT34
  

Local fix

• HBC
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All users of ISPF REFLIST.                   *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Various error messages are displayed    *
  *                      when attempting to use a REFLIST item   *
  *                      that contains lower case letters.       *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  If the REFMODE setting is set to EXECUTE and a data set whose
  name contains lower case letters is selected, various error
  messages are displayed.
  

Problem conclusion

• V4.2 allows the use of workstation names in the REFLIST,
  necessitating the removal of the code that forced the names
  in the list to upper case.  When a TSO data set is selected from
  the list, panel processing will normally force the name to upper
  case.  In EXECUTE mode, however, this did not happen and ISPF
  would verify and allocate the lower case name, leading to the
  errors.  The data set name will now be forced to upper case
  after it has been determined that the name is a TSO name and
  not a workstation name.
  

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:

  UW23627

Modules/Macros

• ISRCVDSN ISRMLVDS
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  ISPF V4 (PDF/SC

• Fixed component ID

  565504202

Applicable component levels

• R203 PSY UW23627

     UP95/12/12 P F512

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