PI55515: WHEN ENTERING A FIND OR CHANGE COMMAND USING THE FILE MANAGER FIND/CHANGE UTILITY, A SINGLE COLUMN DOES NOT LIMIT THE SEARCH

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When entering a FIND or CHANGE command using the File Manager
  Find/Change utility, and a single column is specified in the
  command, the search is not limited to the character string
  starting in the specified column.
  
  For example, if the following command is entered for the
  Find/Change utility and input dataset has a lrecl of 80:
  
      F 'test' 7
  
  All occurrences of 'test' will be found starting in column 7
  or later, as if column was specified as 7 80, and not just
  starting in column 7.
  
  This occurs when using the File Manager Find/Change utility
  under ISPF (FM option 3.6) or the batch utility.
  

Local fix

• Specify a column range
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All File Manger Find/Change FCH Users.       *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: 1. When a single column has been        *
  *                      specified the Find/Change function      *
  *                      (Option 3.6 or the FCH utility) is      *
  *                      registering matches for any string      *
  *                      that matches in the range of the        *
  *                      column specified to the end of the      *
  *                      record.                                 *
  *                      This is incorrect it should only        *
  *                      match strings starting at the specified *
  *                      column location.                        *
  *                                                              *
  *                      2. When processing a change             *
  *                      command like                            *
  *                      c 'ABC'  ''                             *
  *                      C 'D' 'E'                               *
  *                      and the record contains                 *
  *                      ABCD                                    *
  *                                                              *
  *                                                              *
  *                                                              *
  *                                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: Apply the provided PTF.                      *
  ****************************************************************
  1. File Manager is not limiting the scan to strings
  starting on the from column when only the from
  column is specified.
  2. File Manager is skipping a byte when a string is
  changed to a null string when scanning for matching arguments.
  

Problem conclusion

• File Manager has been modified to correct the
  problems. This will involve a behaviour change so that
  if a single column is specified then only character
  strings starting at that column will be considered a match.
  

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:

Modules/Macros

•    FMN0LVL
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  FILE MANAGER Z/

• Fixed component ID

  5655Q1200

Applicable component levels

• RD10 PSY UI35829

     UP16/03/10 P F603

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