CA Gen CALL EXTERNAL statement error when input string field contains a "&" character
Article ID: 126276
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Products
Gen
Gen - Workstation Toolset
Gen - Host Encyclopedia
Gen - Run Time Distributed
Issue/Introduction
PTF RTN86113 has following description but after installation when a CALL EXTERNAL input string field contains a "&" character, the web service call is still failing.
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
Gen uses CALL EXTERNAL to call external web services.
When a string field contains the "&" character, this is not correctly
xml-encoded as "&".
So the resulting xml for the soap request is not well-formed
and the web service call fails.
This problem was reported in Case 00517042.
SYMPTOMS:
Calling of external web services fails.
IMPACT:
Action diagram with call external statement fails.
CIRCUMVENTION:
In the string field replace & with "&"
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
Gen uses CALL EXTERNAL to call external web services.
When a string field contains the "&" character, this is not correctly
xml-encoded as "&".
So the resulting xml for the soap request is not well-formed
and the web service call fails.
This problem was reported in Case 00517042.
SYMPTOMS:
Calling of external web services fails.
IMPACT:
Action diagram with call external statement fails.
CIRCUMVENTION:
In the string field replace & with "&"
Environment
Gen 8.6
Cause
The original CALL EXTERNAL fix made for Gen 8.5 in RTN85020 (iefabrt85n.dll) inadvertently did not get included in the Gen 8.6 MULTIPLE FIX PTF RTN86113/SO03986.
Resolution
The fix was correctly included in RTN86120 (iefabrtn.dll) which Supersedes RTN86113.
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