PH37701: COBOL 5+ internal SORT of file with carriage control doesn't properly preserve the carriage control

Obtain the fix for this APAR.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When a file with carriage control is sorted with a program
  compiled with the compiler option
  
  ADV:   A blank is inserted at the beginning of the record ahead
         of the carriage control column, and a byte is dropped
         from the end. (The prior runtime's SORT also incorrectly
         drops a byte from the end in this case but replaces it
         with a binary zero byte.)
  
  NOADV: A blank replaces the carriage control column.
  
  ADV compiler option
  https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cobol-zos/6.3?topic=options-adv
  

Local fix

• Use an external sort if possible.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: Users of Enterprise COBOL 6.2 compiling and  *
  *                 running programs that contain a SORT         *
  *                 statement with a USING clause that           *
  *                 references a sequential file containing      *
  *                 carriage control characters and a GIVING     *
  *                 clause that references a sequential file     *
  *                 that is the subject of one or more WRITE     *
  *                 statements with ADVANCING phrase.            *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Incorrect result.  Carriage control     *
  *                      characters in the input file to sort    *
  *                      are missing from the output file.       *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: Apply the IBM-provided PTF.                  *
  ****************************************************************
  When sorted records containing carriage control characters were
  being written to the sort output file, the carriage control
  characters were inadvertently lost because an incorrect method
  of writing the records was used, which happened because the
  output file was the subject of WRITE statements with the
  ADVANCING phrase.
  

Problem conclusion

• The compiler was updated to ensure that when writing to the sort
  output file, any carriage control characters in sort records are
  preserved.
  

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:

  PH40827

Modules/Macros

• IGY8RWTU IGYCASMB IGYCCBE  IGYCCCRT IGYCCICS IGYCCSRV IGYCDGEN
  IGYCDIAG IGYCDMAP IGYCEN$0 IGYCEN$1 IGYCEN$2 IGYCEN$3 IGYCEN$4
  IGYCEN$5 IGYCEN$8 IGYCEN$D IGYCEN$R IGYCFGEN IGYCFREE IGYCINIT
  IGYCJA$0 IGYCJA$1 IGYCJA$2 IGYCJA$3 IGYCJA$4 IGYCJA$5 IGYCJA$8
  IGYCJA$D IGYCJA$R IGYCLIBH IGYCLIBO IGYCLIBR IGYCLSTR IGYCLVL0
  IGYCLVL1 IGYCLVL2 IGYCLVL3 IGYCLVL8 IGYCMALL IGYCOPI  IGYCOSCN
  IGYCPGEN IGYCRCTL IGYCRDPR IGYCRDSC IGYCREAL IGYCRWT  IGYCSCAN
  IGYCSIMD IGYCUE$0 IGYCUE$1 IGYCUE$2 IGYCUE$3 IGYCUE$4 IGYCUE$5
  IGYCUE$8 IGYCUE$D IGYCUE$R IGYCXREF IGYDRV   IGYEQCWI IGYMSGE
  IGYMSGK  IGYMSGT  IGYQCBE  IGYZQDRV IGYZQENU IGYZQJPN
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  ENT COBOL FOR Z

• Fixed component ID

  5655EC600

Applicable component levels

• R620 PSY UI76842

     UP21/08/27 P F108

• R621 PSY UI76843

     UP21/08/27 P F108

• R622 PSY UI76844

     UP21/08/27 P F108

Fix is available

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