PH48672: UNEXPECTED IGZ0278S WHEN USING SD SORTFILE FOR SORT WITH NUMCHECK OPTION

Obtain the fix for this APAR.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Unexpected IGZ0278S when using SD SORTFILE for SORT with
  NUMCHECK option
  

Local fix

• N/A
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: Users of Enterprise COBOL 6.4 compiling and  *
  *                 running a program compiled with the NUMCHECK *
  *                 option where the program contains a SORT     *
  *                 statement specifying at least one sort       *
  *                 keypart that is of a type covered by the     *
  *                 NUMCHECK option in effect.                   *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Runtime abend or message (depending on  *
  *                      NUMCHECK setting), with message text    *
  *                      such as:                                *
  *                                                              *
  *                      IGZ0279W The value X'0000' of data      *
  *                      item SORT-INST-NO at the time of        *
  *                      reference by statement number 1 on      *
  *                      line 97 in program PROBLM2 failed       *
  *                      the NUMERIC class test or               *
  *                      contained a value larger than the       *
  *                      PICTURE clause as detected              *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: Apply the IBM-provided PTF.                  *
  ****************************************************************
  NUMCHECK checking was sometimes being inadvertently applied to
  sort keyparts during the setup of a sort when there was no valid
  data in the sort record.
  

Problem conclusion

• The compiler was updated to ensure that numchecking sort
  keyparts during the setup of a sort is never done.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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

  PH46802

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

Modules/Macros

• IGY8RWTU IGYADXIT IGYCASMB IGYCCBE  IGYCCCRT IGYCCICS IGYCCSRV
  IGYCDGEN IGYCDIAG IGYCDMAP IGYCEN$0 IGYCEN$1 IGYCEN$2 IGYCEN$3
  IGYCEN$4 IGYCEN$5 IGYCEN$8 IGYCEN$D IGYCEN$R IGYCFGEN IGYCFREE
  IGYCINIT IGYCJA$0 IGYCJA$1 IGYCJA$2 IGYCJA$3 IGYCJA$4 IGYCJA$5
  IGYCJA$8 IGYCJA$D IGYCJA$R IGYCJBLD IGYCJBLS IGYCJDM1 IGYCJDM2
  IGYCJDM3 IGYCJDM4 IGYCJDM5 IGYCJDM6 IGYCJDMB IGYCJDMR IGYCJGEN
  IGYCLIBR IGYCLSTR IGYCLVL0 IGYCLVL1 IGYCLVL2 IGYCLVL3 IGYCLVL8
  IGYCMALL IGYCOPI  IGYCOSCN IGYCPGEN IGYCRCTL IGYCRDPR IGYCRDSC
  IGYCREAL IGYCRWT  IGYCSCAN IGYCSIMD IGYCUE$0 IGYCUE$1 IGYCUE$2
  IGYCUE$3 IGYCUE$4 IGYCUE$5 IGYCUE$8 IGYCUE$D IGYCUE$R IGYCXREF
  IGYDRV   IGYEQCWI IGYISMKD IGYMSGE  IGYMSGK  IGYMSGT  IGYMSGXT
  IGYQC    IGYQCB   IGYQCBE  IGYQCBG  IGYQSPLT IGYWACPT IGYWALOC
  IGYWAPLY IGYWC    IGYWCL   IGYWCLG  IGYWDDEF IGYWDOPT IGYWIVP1
  IGYWIVP2 IGYWRECV IGYWRWD  IGYWSMPE IGYWUOPT IGYWZFS  IGYZQEN6
  IGYZQENU IGYZQJP6 IGYZQJPN
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  ENT COBOL FOR Z

• Fixed component ID

  5655EC600

Applicable component levels

• R640 PSY UP

     A

• R641 PSY UP

     A

• R642 PSY UI82932

     UP22/10/28 P F210

• R64H PSY UP

     A

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