PM78701: APPSCAN NOT SENDING TESTS TO RESTFUL WEBSERVICE WITH JSON RESPONSE

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Need a fix for the way ASE handles the response extracted from
  the SQL server. If not at least we can change the default used
  in the template.
  
  Explanation for the problem:
  When the request is saved and then reloaded from the database,
  for some reason an extra null character ('\0') is added at the
  end of the body. Because of this, the SOAP custom parameter
  condition pattern doesn't match the body anymore, so the
  parameters are not extracted. By adding '.?', the condition
  pattern accepts an optional extra character at the end of the
  string, to match the extra null character.
  Our guess is the problem lies with MSSQL (or the one of the
  database functions in ASE), since in AppScan Standard (which
  uses Firebird) it seems to work properly.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  "AppScan not sending tests to RESTFul Webservice with JSON
  Response" - the defect had been resolved indirectly and no
  longer reproducible in 8.7 release.
  

Problem conclusion

• The defect had been resolved indirectly and no longer
  reproducible in 8.7 release.
  

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:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  SEC APPSCAN ENT

• Fixed component ID

  5724T5200

Applicable component levels

• R860 PSN

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