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Abstract
IBM Rational Business Developer 8.5.1 has been made generally available and contains fixes to version 8.5 including all predecessor fix packs.
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| This section provides an overview on what is new in this release with a description of any new functions or enhancements when applicable. | |
| This section provides information related to the impact of this release to allow you to assess how your environment may be affected. | |
| This section provides important information to review prior to the installation of this release. | |
| This section provides the direct link to obtain the download package for installation in your environment. | |
| This section provides the installation instructions necessary to apply this release into your environment. | |
| This section contains a link to the known problems (open defects) identified at the time of this release. |
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| Click the link to navigate to the system requirement report page. To run the report, select your Product, Version and Operating System. Note: Choose the parent version of your product to see the system requirements for fix pack releases. |
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| The information center provides you with user assistance for the product. You can view, browse, and search online information related to the product. You can also visit IBM Product information page the to browse for additional information centers. | |
| Click to review a complete list of the defects (APARs) resolved in this release including a list of resolved defects for the entire version family. |
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How critical is this fix?
| Impact | Description |
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| This release is a maintenance release of Rational Business Developer 8.5. It contains fixes for client-reported and internally found defects. |
Problems solved
Click the Fix List link in the table of contents above to review a list of the problems solved in this release.
Known side effects
The following defects were not resolved in this release:
| Component | APAR | Description |
| COBOL Runtime | ||
| PM75789 | ADD RUNTIME CUSTOMIZATION OPTION FOR CALLED PROGRAM THAT CONTROLS OVERFLOW. | |
| COBOL Generation | ||
| PM70053 | ASRA occurs when V8 EGL generated COBOL program accesses DLI and V7 EGL program is the MAIN | |
| PM76060 | EGLSDK not complient with RTC API's to lacate ccubldc.exe | |
| PM76395 | ELAWBAT does not support LE program return codes | |
| IDE | ||
| PM65730 | Automatic Java generation not synchronized with the projectBuild task | |
| PM68916 | DFT RBD "Order by" is stripped out when "for update" is in the same SQL | |
| PM72677 | SQL key word Indicator causes DB2 preprocess error in RBD COBOL 8.0.1 | |
| PM72681 | SET more than two host variables doesn't work in COBOLGen | |
| PM74691 | Retrieve SQL returns error message SQL type UNKNOWN for type LONG VARCHAR | |
| PM74796 | Slow of compiling EGL source code | |
| Debug | ||
| PM73109 | EGL debugger returns an incorrect result error dialog with MathLib.ceiling | |
| EGL Migration | ||
| PM57563 | Migration tool does not wrap mathlib.abs with assign as documented | |
| Rich UI | ||
| PM76204 | EGL application that works fine with the exception of running it in IE6 | |
| Miscellaneous | ||
| PM65027 | In CSP the "NUMERIC attribute on a character field was a hardware enforced attribute. | |
| PM65093 | RBD documentation contains Tutorials which should not be there as RBD do not ship JAX-WS functionality. | |
| PM75078 | Incomplete documentation of options on migrating EGL/Java application from WebSphere Application Server 6.1 to newer runtimes | |
Change history
For enhancements in Rational Business Developer 8.5.1, see the What's new in Rational Business Developer 8.5.1.
| Download | RELEASE DATE | LANGUAGE | SIZE(Bytes) | Download Options What is Fix Central (FC)? |
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| Fix Pack 1 for 8.5 | 20 Nov 2012 | English | 1 | FC |
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