PI07525: CODING FIELD MACRO WITH NAME=(/SXXXXX) GENERATES ERROR MNOTE FLD643

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Coding FIELD macro with NAME=(
  FIELD  NAME=(/SXxxxxx)
  results in error
  8,FLD643 - NEITHER THE BYTES NOR THE MAXBYTES PARAMETER IS
  SPECIFIED
  .
  The cause is due to the parens.
  

Local fix

• To resolve this is to change the NAME= to not uses parens.
  FIELD  NAME=/SXxxxxx
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: Users of IMS V12 DBDGEN utility whose DBD    *
  *                 source contains /SX or /CK may be affected.  *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: User's DBDGEN job issued FLD643 message *
  *                      8,FLD643 - NEITHER THE BYTES NOR THE    *
  *                                 MAXBYTES PARAMETER IS        *
  *                                 SPECIFIED.                   *
  *                      when a FIELD statement contains         *
  *                      NAME=(/SXXXXXX).                        *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: INSTALL CORRECTIVE SERVICE FOR APAR/PTF      *
  ****************************************************************
  The FLD643 message is meant to be issued if a field name does
  not contain the BYTES or MAXBYTES parameter, AND if it is not
  a /SX or /CK field.  Due to a coding error, the FLD643 message
  was issued erroneously because the parentheses surrounding /SX
  was treated as part of the field name.  As a result, the search
  for character string of '/SX' failed when it found '(/SX)'
  instead.  Consequently, FLD643 message was issued when it
  should not have.
  
  The same error message would be issued for (/CK).
  

Problem conclusion

• GEN:
  KEYWORDS:
  
  *** END IMS KEYWORDS ***
  Macro FIELD has been changed to resolve the problem.
  If BYTES and MAXBYTES are not specified for a field name, and if
  it is a /SX or /CK field, the variable &NAME has been changed
  to &NAME(1).  This will identify the field as /SX or /CK without
  the parentheses.  As a result, message FLD643 will not be issued
  for (/SXXX) and (/CKXXX) fields.
  

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:

  PI08865 UI14341

Modules/Macros

• FIELD
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  IMS V12

• Fixed component ID

  5635A0300

Applicable component levels

• R200 PSY UI14341

     UP14/01/21 P F401

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