PL72372: DDSTAGE1. TRANSACT MACRO PARAMETER PARLIM=0 NOT PASSED TO IMS.

APAR status

• Closed as suggestion for future release.

Error description

• A STAGE_1_OUT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE PARLIM PARAMETER OF THE
  TRANSACT MACRO IF A VALUE WAS NOT SPECIFIED OR IF THE VALUE HAD
  BEEN SPECIFIED IN DATA DICTIONARY AS 0 ( ZERO ). IMS RELEASES
  UP TO, AND INCLUDING, 2.2 WOULD DEFAULT THE PARLIM VALUE TO 0
  WHEN NO VALUE WAS SPECIFIED. PARLIM=0 MEANT THAT IMS WILL ALLOW
  THE TRANSACTION TO BE SCHEDULED IN ONLY ONE REGION AT A TIME.
  IMS RELEASE 3.1 ( 566540801 R102 ) MODIFIED THE PARLIM PARM.
  IF NO VALUE IS SPECIFIED, THE DEFAULT IS ' NONE '. THIS HAS THE
  SAME MEANING AS THE PREVIOUS DEFAULT OF 0. HOWEVER, 0 NOW HAS A
  DIFFERENT MEANING. PARLIM=0 INDICATES THAT ANY INPUT MESSAGE
  CAN CAUSE A NEW REGION TO BE SCHEDULED BECAUSE THE SCHEDULING
  CONDITION WILL ALWAYS BE MET. THIS MEANS THAT DICTIONARY MUST
  PASS PARLIM=0 TO IMS IN THE STAGE_1_OUT IF THAT IS WHAT THE
  USER HAD SPECIFIED FOR THE TRANSACTION. THE TERMINAL USERS
  GUIDE, SH20918902 CHAP4 PAGE244, ALSO NEEDS TO BE CHANGED TO
  STATE THE VALID VALUES FOR PARLIM ARE 0 TO 32767.
  ANOTHER SYMPTOM OF THIS PROBLEM IS ' MSGDBD0025 W NO DATA WAS
  ADDED ' WHEN TRYING TO CHANGE THE PARLIM VALUE TO 0.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

• THIS APAR IS BEING CLOSED AS A SUGGESTION FOR FUTURE ADDITION
  TO THE DICTIONARY. ADDING THIS CHANGE WOULD REQUIRE REDESIGN
  OF THE DATA BASES.
  

APAR Information

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

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

Fix information

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