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JR47431: The global transaction is not forced to rollback when an SCA binding receives a runtime exception.

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • Depending on the application design and various settings the
    transaction may not be set to rollback when a runtime exception
    is received by an SCA binding.
    More detailed SCA transaction product behavior can be found
    here:
    http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v7r0/topic/com.ibm.web
    sphere.soafep.multiplatform.doc/info/ae/ae/csca_global_trans.htm
    l
    
    If a global transaction is owned by another component other than
    SCA then that component's behavior can also affect the global
    transation.
    
    Beginning in WAS and WPS v7, the SCA transaction handling
    behavior did change from always forcing a rollback in a global
    transaction to only forcing a rollback when SCA completes the
    global transaction with an unchecked exception.
    
    This APAR is to provide a configurable flag to get the old
    behavior.  You can enable this WebSphere Process Server
    V6.x transaction behavior by creating the
    SCA_ROLLBACK_TRANSACTION_IMPORT WebSphere environment variable
    and setting its value to true once the APAR is applied.
    
    With this flag, when a JAX-RPC import is called with join
    transaction to true and the web service provider responds with a
    unmodeled business fault there will be a ServiceRuntimeException
    and the binding will mark the transaction for rollback only.
    
    With the default WPS 7 and above scenario, the import would
    still throw the ServiceRuntimeException but it would only mark
    the transaction to rollback if the exception is not caught by
    the time it reaches an SCA method or binding which started the
    global transaction.
    

Local fix

  • N/A
    

Problem summary

  • ****************************************************************
    * USERS AFFECTED:  IBM Business Process Manager (BPM)          *
    *                  Advanced users                              *
    ****************************************************************
    * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: The global transaction may not be set   *
    *                      to rollback when a runtime exception    *
    *                      is received by an SCA binding.          *
    ****************************************************************
    * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
    ****************************************************************
    There is a design change for SCA-related global transactions
    when join transaction is set to true in WebSphere Server V6.x
    versions. The import binding marks the global transaction to
    be rolled back and throws a runtime exception. In WebSphere
    Process Server V7 and later versions and IBM BPM Advanced,
    the import binding does not mark the transaction to be
    rolled back, but the user receives the Service Runtime
    exception to decide what to do: use the old or new behavior.
    

Problem conclusion

  • The fix provides a configurable flag for the consumer to get
    the oldproduct behavior.
    
    Apply the interim fix from Fix Central. Then see the
    installation and dependency information in the readme.txt
    file, which is available with the fix package as a separate
    download.
    

Temporary fix

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APAR Information

  • APAR number

    JR47431

  • Reported component name

    BPM ADVANCED

  • Reported component ID

    5725C9400

  • Reported release

    801

  • Status

    CLOSED PER

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Special Attention

    NoSpecatt

  • Submitted date

    2013-08-06

  • Closed date

    2013-10-29

  • Last modified date

    2013-11-06

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

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

Fix information

  • Fixed component name

    BPM ADVANCED

  • Fixed component ID

    5725C9400

Applicable component levels

  • R750 PSY

       UP

  • R800 PSY

       UP

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Document Information

Modified date:
07 January 2022