PL24866: IF NULL INDICATOR VARIABLE DEFINED AFTER LAST SQL INCLUDE - RECEIVE MSGDSN312I FROM DB2 PRECOMPILER AND RC8.

APAR status

• Closed as user error.

Error description

• IF A NULL INDICATOR VARIABLE IS DEFINED AFTER THE LAST INCLUDE
  STATEMENT IN A COBOL PROGRAM, WE RECEIVE MESSAGES:
  MSGDSNH312I AND MSGDSNH080I.
  IF HOWEVER THE NULL INDICATOR VARIABLE IS DEFINED ABOVE THE
  LAST INCLUDE STATEMENT, THEN THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

• APAR PL24866 IS BEING CLOSED AS USER ERROR (USE).
  THE PROBLEM OCCURS DUE TO THE LOWER LEVELS (HIGHER NUMBER)
  ENTRIES
   10 MSGIN-VAT-----
   10 MSGIN-ACTION
  FOLLOWING THE NULL INDICATOR STATEMENT,
   05 VTX-VAT-SHORT-NAME-NULL
  SINCE COBOL COPY STATEMENTS ARE IGNORED THESE LEVELS (10)
  BECOME LOWER LEVELS OF THE INDICATOR LEVEL STATMENT (05),
  IN EFFECT, MAKING IT A GROUP LEVEL FOR THE FOLLOWING
  LEVEL 10S.
  WHEN THE INDICATOR STRUCTURE WAS MOVED THE LOWER LEVELS
  (10S) WERE REMOVED FROM THE GROUP LEVEL (05).
  THE SAME EFFECT WOULD HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED BY CHANGING THE
  LEVEL 10 STATEMENTS TO LEVEL 05.
  

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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