CA Pan/SQL: why a -553 error may occur

Products

• Easytrieve Report Generator
• PAN/SQL

Issue/Introduction

Executing CA Easytrieve using CA Pan/SQL, -553 error occurs.

 

Environment

Easytrieve running under DB2.

Resolution

The SQLID parameter of the PARM statement results in the SQL interface 

executing the SQL SET CURRENT SQLID command at compile time. The SQL 

SET CURRENT SQLID command is executed at runtime for automatic 

processing. Execution of the SQL SET CURRENT SQLID command is valid for 

sites that have an external security package that supports group IDS. It sets the 

qualification of unqualified tables for dynamic SQL processing.

It is recommended to use SQLSYNTAX NONE with BIND STATIC-ONLY, rather 

than SQLID to set the qualification for tables. 

Unqualified tables are implicitly qualified by the primary authorization ID of the 

program. This ID is usually established by the USER parameter of your JCL JOB 

card.

The qualification can be modified in one of three ways: 

SQLID keyword on the CA-Easytrieve PARM statement 

SQL SET CURRENT SQLID command 

OWNER or QUALIFIER parameter on the DB2 for OS/390 and z/OS BIND 

statement. 

Use of the SQLID and its affect on table qualification depends on whether 

automatic or controlled processing is performed and if STATIC or DYNAMIC 

SQL is used. 

To eliminate the authorization problems encountered with the use of SQLID, use 

SQLSYNTAX NONE with BIND STATIC-ONLY. This enables the use of 

unqualified table names and bypasses the dynamic prepare of SQL statements. 

Unqualified table names can then be qualified by the BIND process. 

 

 

Additional Information

In summary, 

There are two choices to eliminate the -553 error: 

1. Get the correct authorization for the SQLID specified. 

2. Remove the SQLID from the PARM statement.