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UII1 should detect an online load of UIIB/UIIC and update the @UIITBL

IBM's UII logic is that: UII1 keeps the core addresses of the UIIB and UIIC (action code tables) in the global field @UIITBL and @UIITBL+4. It is done when the first input entry is processed. All subsequent entries access UIIB/UIIC using the @UIIT...
over 9 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 4 Is a defect

IMS OSAM HIDAM DB exceeds 8GB before abending with U0844

Technical condition:During OSAM space search during update activity (ISRT or REPL), occasionally an invalid input will cause the request to exceed the blocksize.The source of the invalid input might be an overlaid block, an incorrect calculation b...
almost 10 years ago in IMS Database Manager / General DB 1 Is a defect

Incomplete display of subsystems in SPOC on /DIS SUBSYS ALL

As descriped in the PMR, when in SPOC a "/DIS SUBSYS ALL" command is entered, not all information about a subsystem that uses a "<" as subsystem recognition character, is displayed. In IMS it is very well displayed.Example (SPOC):IMS3 1 CONN IM...
about 10 years ago in IMS Transaction Manager / General TM 0 Is a defect

QUERY TIMESTAMP output order

The output order of the TimeStamp fields (TimeCreate, TimeUpdate, TimeAccess, TimeImport) is different for QUERY TRAN, QUERY PGM, QUERY DB (we don't use Fast Path, so I don't know about routing codes).QUERY TRAN NAME(xxxxxxxx) SHOW(TIMESTAMP) has ...
over 10 years ago in IMS System Services / Commands 4 Is a defect

File Manager - Unable to see Entry details for IAM files

File Manager is unable to show IAM files Entry Details.It works with VSAM but not with IAM.
over 10 years ago in File Manager for z/OS 2 Is a defect

MAL pending (24) error. WLMSPEC with two owners.

A transaction (SVL$) was removed from the CRE003 transaction group and added to SEG003 transaction group. This transaction was installed in two different Specifications: SPC64$10 and SPC65$00. The SPC65$00 has two different owners: M204 and M314. ...
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Is a defect

Need to run CPIQ transaction alias via URIMAP TRANSACTION field

I need the capability to run the CPIQ transaction with a different transaction name pointing to the same program (DFHPIDSQ) via the TRANSACTION field of the URIMAP. I was able to accomplish this with an HTTP web service but I could not get this to...
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 2 Is a defect

Hover function in Debug Tool GUI

Hovering with the mouse does not display the contents of a field when the field name ends on the position prior to the numbers on the right hand side of the program listing. This needs to be fixed.
about 12 years ago in Debug for z/OS 2 Is a defect

A syntax check to alert developers when things are in ?A? that should be in ?B?.

I was assisting a developer in trying to figure out why his content assist was not working for anything in his PROCEDURE DIVISION. After compiling the code, the compiler stated that all of his PROCEDURE level code, was not in area B (he had them i...
almost 12 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / z/OS Application Development 3 Is a defect

Add a message box indicating that no remote file synchronization is possible

When requesting a remote synchronization with no remote file, there is no indication that it can not be performed. This behavior is inherited from the team synchronization functionality from Eclipse. Eclipse indicates there isn't a remote file by ...
about 15 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 2 Is a defect

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