PH53160: COBOL SYNTAX ERRORS ON AD

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Customer is handling the COBOL project, and during the build,
  there are some syntax error warning messages that are SQL
  Statements not being recognized by AD's parser;
  
  [12/14/2022  10:41 AM]  (1520) : Syntax error: '' ''
  [12/14/2022  10:41 AM]  (1528) : Syntax error: '' ''
  [12/14/2022  10:41 AM]  (1595) : Syntax error: 'EXIT'
  
  However, some other syntax error messages are related to the
  COBOL code itself;.
  
  [12/14/2022  10:41 AM]  (1499) : Syntax error:
  'SQL-COUNT-LOESCH'
  [12/14/2022  10:41 AM]  (1501) : Syntax error: 'MOVE'
  

Local fix

• n/a
  

Problem summary

• A complex SQL query containing expressions like:
                (SELECT ... FROM ... ) = expr
                (SELECT ... FROM ... ) < expr
                (SELECT ... FROM ... ) > expr
                (SELECT ... FROM ... ) <= expr
                (SELECT ... FROM ... ) >= expr
                (SELECT ... FROM ... ) <> expr
  thrown an error message due to lack of support in
  AD Cobol Compiler grammar.
  

Problem conclusion

• The support for these complex queries was added to the compiler
  and that error is not appearing anymore. The fix was included in
   6.1.2 version and also in 6.1.1 iFix4
  

Temporary fix

• n/a
  

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

  APPL DISCOVERY

• Fixed component ID

  5737B1600

Applicable component levels