PI41449: XML TO DATA WITH ATTRIBUTES FAILS WITH RESP 16 (INVREQ) AND RESP2 3 (XML IS INCORRECT)

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• DFHSC2LS is used to generate an XSDBIND file. The CCSID=1200
  option is used which causes all data in the XSDBIND file -
  including namespaces to be generated in UTF16.
  
  When you use the XML parse command without the attributes. When
  attributes are passed, the transform from XML to data fails
  with RESP 16 (INVREQ) and RESP2 3 (XML input is incorrect).
  
  
  
  Additional Symptom(s) Search Keyword(s): KIXREVBDB
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All CICS users.                              *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: EXEC CICS TRANSFORM XMLTODATA fails     *
  *                      with INVREQ RESP2=3 when the            *
  *                      XMLTRANSFORM uses CCSID=1200.           *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  EXEC CICS TRANSFORM XMLTODATA is used to transform XML to
  application data. The XMLTRANSFORM referenced on this command
  has a CCSID of 1200 ( UTF16 ) and was created from an XML
  schema where namespaces have significance.
  The command fails with INVREQ RESP2=3.
  DFHPICC PERFORM_XML_PARSE encounters the first element in the
  XML. This element contains an attribute. As namespaces are
  significant for the XMLTRANSFORM, DFHPICC attempts to perform
  namespace validation. However, DFHPICC fails to check for a
  namespace length of 0 which indicates that this attribute does
  not have a namespace.
  DFHPICC does a namespace comparison using a length of 0 which
  actually ends up doing a random comparison of 256 characters
  which fails.
  This causes an error to be raised which results in an INVREQ
  being returned to the application.
  

Problem conclusion

• DFHPICC PERFORM_XML_PARSE has been changed when dealing with
  XMLTRANSFORMs which use CCSID=1200. DFHPICC will now correctly
  handle the case where no namespace is defined for an element.
  

Temporary fix

• FIX AVAILABLE BY PTF ONLY
  

Comments

APAR Information

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

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

  UI31446

Modules/Macros

• DFHPICC
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  CICS TS Z/OS V5

• Fixed component ID

  5655Y0400

Applicable component levels

• R900 PSY UI31446

     UP15/10/01 P F509

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