PH39581: EXTRA BYTE AT END OF JSON OUTPUT WITH JSON GENERATE NAME IS OMITTED WHEN GENERATING JSON CONTAINING MULTIBYTE UTF-8 CHAR

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Extra byte at end of JSON output with JSON GENERATE NAME IS
  OMITTED when generating JSON containing multibyte UTF-8 chars
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: Users of Enterprise COBOL V6.1               *
  *                 and later releases running programs that use *
  *                 JSON GENERATE with the NAME phrase           *
  *                 specifying IS OMITTED.                       *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: An extra space character                *
  *                      is generated at the end of JSON output  *
  *                      document.                               *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: Install the provided PTF.                    *
  ****************************************************************
  There is a logic error in the JSON
  GENERATE routine when removing the top level document
  name from the JSON output, leaving a extra space character
  at the end of the document.
  
  COB0601T/K COB0602T/K COB0603T/K
  

Problem conclusion

• The error in the COBOL runtime library JSON
  GENERATE routine has been corrected.
  

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:

  UI76827 UI76832

Modules/Macros

• IGZCEV4  IGZCMGEN IGZCMGUE IGZLLIBV IGZXAPI  IGZXCDA  IGZXD24
  IGZXDMR  IGZXJNI2 IGZXLPIO IGZXLPKA IGZXLPKB IGZXLPKC IGZXLPKD
  IGZXLPKE IGZXLPKF IGZXLPKG IGZXPK2
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  LE ENT COBOL LI

• Fixed component ID

  568819812

Applicable component levels

• R7B0 PSY UI76827

     UP21/08/27 P F108

• R7C0 PSY UI76832

     UP21/08/27 P F108

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