PI21846: RATIONAL DEVELOPER FOR SYSTEM Z (RDZ): IN COBOL PROGRAMS, KEYWORDS 'NEW' AND 'OLD' ARE MARKED AS ERRORS.

Rational Developer for System z Fix Pack 7 (8.5.1.7) for 8.5.1
Rational Developer for System z Fix Pack 6 (8.5.1.6) for 8.5.1

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Rational Developer for System z - RDz - V8.5.1.5
  
  In a COBOL program, the keywords 'NEW' and/od 'OLD' are not
  recognized as valid keywords and are marked with a warning sign.
  
  Re-creation steps:
  
  For instance, use the following code:
  
  1     MOVE SQLCODE TO DB2SQL-ABEND-SQLCODE.
  2     EVALUATE DB2SQL-CALL-FUNCTION
  3         WHEN NEW
  4              MOVE '91' TO DB2SQL-ABEND-RETCODE
  5              MOVE 'INSERT ERROR' TO DB2SQL-ABEND-TEXT
  ...
  7         WHEN OTHER
  8              MOVE '99' TO DB2SQL-ABEND-RETCODE
  9     END-EVALUATE.
  
  the word 'NEW' of the third line is underligned and a warning
  sign appears in front of the line with the following error
  message:
  'EvaluatePhraseList' is invalid.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• Issue in RDz COBOL parser when the CICS support was added that
  caused error annotations when handling valid NEW and OLD key
  words.
  

Problem conclusion

• The problem listed in this APAR has been resolved with
  IBM Rational Developer for System z V8.5.1.6 Fix Pack which
  is available from the Recommended Fixes support download page:
  http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=2294&uid=swg27006335
  

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

  RATL DEV FOR SY

• Fixed component ID

  5724T0700

Applicable component levels

• R851 PSY

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