PM41651: UNICODE DATA TRUNCATED IN SDO DATAOBJECT

8.0.0.1: WebSphere Application Server V8.0 Fix Pack 1
8.0.0.2: WebSphere Application Server V8.0 Fix Pack 2
8.0.0.3: WebSphere Application Server V8.0 Fix Pack 3
8.0.0.4: WebSphere Application Server V8.0 Fix Pack 4
8.0.0.5: WebSphere Application Server V8.0 Fix Pack 5
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8.0.0.13: WebSphere Application Server V8.0 Fix Pack 13
8.0.0.14: WebSphere Application Server V8.0 Fix Pack 14
8.0.0.15: WebSphere Application Server V8.0 Fix Pack 15

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Two Service Component Architecture (SCA) components exist,
  Service1 and Service2. Service1 creates a Service Data Object
  (SDO) DataObject and sets a four-character Japanese string as a
  value.  It passes this DataObject as a method argument to
  Service2.  Service2 returns the DataObject unaltered.  Service1
  then checks the value to see if it is the same as the value it
  passed in. The value has been truncated.  Only the first
  character is returned in the return value DataObject.
  
  This only happens when the value contains characters that are
  not in the Latin-1 character set.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:  Users of the SDO API in IBM WebSphere       *
  *                  Application Server V8.0                     *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: SDO data object containing multi-byte   *
  *                      characters is truncated during          *
  *                      serialization                           *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  When serializing an SDO data object containing several
  multi-byte characters, we end up serializing just the
  first multi-byte character and the following bytes are ignored
  which results in a truncated output.
  

Problem conclusion

• The serializer now properly serializes the multi-byte
  character sequence and the output is no longer truncated.
  
  The fix for this APAR is currently targeted for inclusion in
  fix pack 8.0.0.1.  Please refer to the Recommended Updates
  page for delivery information:
  http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg27004980
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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

  PM29073

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

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  WEBSPHERE APP S

• Fixed component ID

  5724J0800

Applicable component levels

• R800 PSY