PK32067: VERY FIRST INPUT FROM QUERIABLE TERMINAL WILL USE THE UCTRAN SETTING FROM CQRY'S PROFILE, INSTEAD OF THE TRANSACTION ENTERED

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Customer is running CICS Transaction Server 2.2. They are
  testing an application where the first input from the terminal
  is a transaction id followed by mixed case data. Here is an
  example: HSK100001000BLa73RQxZSC7vQpiJ0S73woiS2FFFF
  When the application recieves this data, it is totally upper
  cased.. but only when it is the very first input.  The profile
  for transaction HSK1 specifies UCTRAN=NO.  Subsequent input
  of this transaction with its mixed case data is not upper cased,
  and passed to the application correctly.
  They also noticed if they simple hit the clear or a PA key
  prior to the first entry of their transaction, it worked
  correctly.
  Looking at a trace of the failing case, where the very first
  input was their transaction, we noticed that transaction CQRY
  was attached first.  In their case, the profile associated with
  CQRY specified UCTRAN=YES- which was being used for this
  first input from the terminal. when this was changed to NO,
  the first input was not uppercased.  The problem is, that
  the profile for CQRY is used for the first input from a terminal
  rather than the profile associated with the transaction being
  entered.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All.                                         *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Initial input at a terminal is          *
  *                      unexpectedly upper cased even           *
  *                      though the transaction PROFILE has      *
  *                      UCTRAN=NO specified.                    *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  A CICS region is started with SIT parameter GMTRAN=NONE and
  RDO TYPETERM attributes UCTRAN(TRANID) and QUERY(ALL) set.
  In addition, the first transaction entered at the terminal
  is using a PROFILE with UCTRAN(NO). When the transaction is
  entered for the first time with mixed case input all the
  data is being upper cased. The next time the transaction is
  entered at the same terminal upper case translation will not
  be done.
  This is because the CQRY task, which is only executed once
  following CICS logon, is run before the first transaction is
  started and the CQRY transaction has been modified to use a
  PROFILE with UCTRAN(YES) specified.
  
  Additional Keywords : DFHCICST DFHZUCT
  

Problem conclusion

• DFHTFXM has been changed so that the CQRY transaction does not
  perform upper case translation.
  

Temporary fix

• FIX AVAILABLE BY PTF ONLY
  

Comments

APAR Information

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

  PK30780

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

  UK18676

Modules/Macros

•    DESTFXM  DFHTFXM
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  CICSTS 3.1 Z/OS

• Fixed component ID

  5655M1500

Applicable component levels

• R400 PSY UK18676

     UP06/10/14 P F610

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