PM38431: ENTITY REFERENCES IN LONG ATTRIBUTE VALUE ARE NOT REPLACED BY THEIR VALUES IN BINARY XML STREAM

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Entity references in long attribute value  are NOT replaced by
  their values in binary XML stream
  

Local fix

• No Workaround
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All DB2 10 for z/OS users of XML.            *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Entity references in long attribute     *
  *                      value are not replaced by their         *
  *                      values when SELECT/UNLOAD using         *
  *                      Extensible Dynamic Binary XML DB2       *
  *                      Client/Server Binary XML Format         *
  *                      (IBM defined binary XML format).        *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  During SELECT/UNLOAD using binary XML, the ending part of a
  long attribute value containing entity references(>16K) is not
  replaced by their values.
  
  This problem can be exposed by selecting the XML document
  inserted as follows:
  
  INSERT INTO CUSTOMER  (CUST_ID ,  XMLDOC)
   VALUES ( 12345678 ,
       XMLPARSE(DOCUMENT
                  CLOB('<A><B t="attribute value')
               || CLOB(REPEAT('&quot;',5000))
               || CLOB(REPEAT('&quot;',5000))
               || CLOB(REPEAT('&quot;',5000))
               || CLOB(REPEAT('&quot;',5000))
               || CLOB(REPEAT('2',100))
               || CLOB('">txt</B><C>c</C></A>'))
   );
  

Problem conclusion

• The above DB2 10 for z/OS problem was fixed to handle the
  long attribute value correctly during SELECT/UNLOAD.
  
  Additional keywords: XMLALL SQLXML
  

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:

  UK69489

Modules/Macros

• DSNNOBSC DSNNOBSE DSNNOBXS
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  DB2 OS/390 & Z/

• Fixed component ID

  5740XYR00

Applicable component levels

• RA10 PSY UK69489

     UP11/08/04 P F108

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