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PH15016: PROBLEM PARSING IDMS COBOL PROGRAM WITH THE ":"

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • Building project with IDMS COBOL program containing a line like
    sample below will produce the message Warning [999] : Syntax
    error: ':'
    
    SAMPLE:
    '! NONOMO : 99999 NONOMONON NONOMONO NONOMO NONOM     !
    

Local fix

  • N/A
    

Problem summary

  • IDMS COBOL program containing a line like
    sample below will produce the message Warning [999] : Syntax
    error: ':'
    SAMPLE:
    '! NONOMO : 99999 NONOMONON NONOMONO NONOMO NONOM     !
    

Problem conclusion

  • It was a defect in concatenating multiple consecutive COBOL
    string lines.
    

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

  • APAR number

    PH15016

  • Reported component name

    APPL DISCOVERY

  • Reported component ID

    5737B1600

  • Reported release

    510

  • Status

    CLOSED PER

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Special Attention

    NoSpecatt / Xsystem

  • Submitted date

    2019-07-29

  • Closed date

    2019-10-03

  • Last modified date

    2019-10-03

  • APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

  • APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Modules/Macros

  • MAINFRA
    

Fix information

  • Fixed component name

    APPL DISCOVERY

  • Fixed component ID

    5737B1600

Applicable component levels

[{"Business Unit":{"code":"BU058","label":"IBM Infrastructure w\/TPS"},"Product":{"code":"SSRR9Q","label":"IBM Application Discovery for IBM Z"},"Component":"","ARM Category":[],"Platform":[{"code":"PF025","label":"Platform Independent"}],"Version":"510","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB35","label":"Mainframe SW"}}]

Document Information

Modified date:
03 October 2019