PI87864: CECI ASSIGN RETURNS NO VALUE FOR SEVERAL VARIABLES. ISSUE MAY ALSO OCCUR IN REXX FOR CICS.

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• The CECI ASSIGN function is used to query CICS for various
  parameter values. Beginning with CICS 5.2, some variables
  receive no value. Those variables include:
  .
  EWasupp
  EXtds
  FAcility
  FCi
  GCHars
  GCOdes
  GMmi
  Hilight
  INITPARM
  INITPARMLen
  INPArtn
  INVokingprog
  Katakana
  LAnginuse
  LDCMnem
  .
  For example, prior to CICS 5.2, CECI ASSIGN would return values
  similar to this for the above variables: (note, PF2 depressed
  in CECI to display values in hexadecimal)
  .
   CECI ASSIGN
   STATUS:  COMMAND EXECUTION COMPLETE
    EXEC CICS  ASSign
  +  < EWasupp( X'00' ) >
     < EXtds( X'FF' ) >
     < FAcility( X'E3C3F5F7' ) >
     < FCi( X'01' ) >
     < GCHars( X'02B9' ) >
     < GCOdes( X'0025' ) >
     < GMmi( X'FF' ) >
     < Hilight( X'FF' ) >
     < INITPARM( X'40404040404040404040404040404040404040' ... ) >
     < INITPARMLen( X'0000' ) >
        .... and so on
  .
  But beginning with CICS 5.2, CECI ASSIGN returns the following:
  .
   CECI ASSIGN
   STATUS:  COMMAND EXECUTION COMPLETE
    EXEC CICS  ASSign
  +  < EWasupp( X'' ) >
     < EXtds( X'' ) >
     < FAcility( X'' ) >
     < FCi( X'' ) >
     < GCHars( X'' ) >
     < GCOdes( X'' ) >
     < GMmi( X'' ) >
     < Hilight( X'' ) >
     < INITPARM( X'' ) >
     < INITPARMLen( X'' ) >
        .... and so on
  .
  Notice that no value was returned for a number of variables. A
  similar problem exists for the same functionality in REXX for
  CICS.
  .
  This issue was originally reported in CICS 5.2 by APAR PI76018.
  The customer at that time agreed to a FIN closure.
  .
  .
  Additional Symptom(s) Search Keyword(s): KIXREVACC
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  * USERS AFFECTED: All CICS users.                              *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: CECI ASSIGN displays incorrect values   *
  *                      for some keywords.                      *
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  * RECOMMENDATION: .                                            *
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  The CECI transaction is used to execute an ASSIGN command.
  CECI builds an internal table to hold the values for all of
  the keywords in the command.
  When the ERRORMSG keyword is processed, CECI builds an
  incorrect entry in the internal table because the ERRORMSG
  output value length of 500 is greater than the length that
  CECI is designed to handle.
  The incorrect entry in the internal table causes later entries,
  for other keywords, to be corrupted.
  This results in incorrect output being displayed for some
  ASSIGN keywords.
  

Problem conclusion

• DFHEIN23 has been changed to allow for the "large" ERRORMSG
  output field.
  

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:

  UI51406 UI51407

Modules/Macros

• DFHEIN23
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  CICS TS Z/OS V5

• Fixed component ID

  5655Y0400

Applicable component levels

• R000 PSY UI51406

     UP17/10/27 P F710

• R100 PSY UI51407

     UP17/10/27 P F710

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