PK69034: DFHWBCLI RETURNS HTTP ERROR WHEN NO TRANSLATION OF REQUEST BODY IS REQUIRED

Obtain the fix for this APAR.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• A call to DFHWBCLI will fail when
  WBCLI_FLAGS is set indicate that the request
  body is a native request body (WBCLI_NATIVE_REQUEST_BODY)
  
  This causes the charset value to be not set correctly when sent
  to the requested service. Charset will appear as garbage
  characters in trace entry SOCK 0201
  
  E.G. as follows:
  
  SO 0201 SOCK  ENTRY - FUNCTION(SEND) SOCKET_TOKEN(01070001)
  BUFFER_LIST(14B9669C , 00000002)
  
  *POST /WSAutoReg/Service.svc HTTP*
  */1.1..Host: 9.20.122.69:10089..U*
  *ser-Agent: IBM_CICS_Transaction_*
  *Server/3.2.0(zOS)..Content-Type:*
  * text/xml; charset=......(...v..*
  *...DFHCETRD..Content-Length: 168*
  *..Connection: Keep-Alive..Date: *
  *Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:52:43 GMT..T*
  *E: trailers....                 *
  

Local fix

• Do not turn on the WBCLI_NATIVE_REQUEST_BODY flag.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All Users                                    *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: If the WBCLI_NATIVE_REQUEST_BODY flag   *
  *                      is specified on the parameter list for  *
  *                      DFHWBCLI, the character set name        *
  *                      specified in WBCLI_CHARSET is ignored,  *
  *                      and the charset= parameter added to     *
  *                      the Content-Type header may contain     *
  *                      invalid characters.                     *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  If the WBCLI_NATIVE_REQUEST_BODY flag is specified in the
  parameter list for DFHWBCLI, the character set name specified
  in WBCLI_CHARSET is ignored. These parameters are passed to
  the Web domain routine DFHWBCL, where WBCLI_NATIVE_REQUEST_BODY
  becomes TRANSLATE(NO) and WBCLI_CHARSET becomes CHARSET.
  But DFHWBCL ignores CHARSET if TRANSLATE(NO) is specified,
  and the local variable that is supposed to contain the
  character set name is not initialized. Later, when the
  Content-Type header is constructed, the uninitialized local
  variable is used to set the operand of the charset keyword,
  which causes invalid characters to be added to the header.
  

Problem conclusion

• DFHWBCL has been modified to handle the TRANSLATE(NO) parameter
  correctly. The local variable that contains the character set
  name is now initialized properly before its use.
  

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:

  UK40239

Modules/Macros

•    DESWBCL  DFHWBCL
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  CICSTS V3 Z/OS

• Fixed component ID

  5655M1500

Applicable component levels

• R500 PSY UK40239

     UP08/10/03 P F810

Fix is available

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