PH05301: DFHPI9500 IS ISSUED DURING PARSE OF PIC 9 AND S9 FIELDS WITH 19 TO 31 DIGITS

APAR status

• Closed as fixed if next.

Error description

• Customer is using DFHLS2JS to convert a language structure to
  JSON schema.  The language structure being converted contains
  long PIC 9 fields.
  .
  For example:
  
  01 langStructure.
  03 org           PIC   9(03).
  03 firstField    PIC   9(20).
  
  The conversion fails with the following message.
  
  DFHPI9500E An internal error has occurred.  Please contact IBM
  Support.
  
  The DFHLS2JS job output shows the following:
  
  java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string:
  "99999999999999999999"  as it parses data description entry:
  03 firstField   PIC   9(20)
  
  
  Additonal Symptom(s) Search Keyword(s): KIXREVDAM
  TS002526827
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All CICS users.                              *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: DFHPI9500E when running DFHLS2JS with   *
  *                      a Cobol copybook containing a PIC 9(n)  *
  *                      DISPLAY, where 'n' is greater than 18.  *
  ****************************************************************
  DFHLS2JS, DFHLS2SC or DFHLS2WS is run with a Cobol copybook as
  input.  The copybook contains a PIC 9 with usage of DISPLAY (the
  default) that has a total of 19 or more digits.
  The web services assistant attempts to store the maximum value
  for this field in a Java long however the value is too big which
  causes a java.lang.NumberFormatException and DFHPI9500E message.
  
  Keywords: msgDFHPI9500 PI9500
  

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

• This APAR is being closed FIN with concurrence from the
  submitting customer. This means that a fix to this APAR is
  expected to be delivered from IBM in a release which is being
  developed at the time that the APAR was closed.
  
  The latest release of the product to exit development at the
  time this APAR was closed was CICS Transaction Server for z/OS
  5.6.
  
  VUL 166965 VUL166965
  

APAR Information

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

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

Fix information

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