Microsoft KB Archive/925105

= FIX: A Host Integration Server 2004 TI application may incorrectly call the same CICS transaction application two times =

Article ID: 925105

Article Last Modified on 12/4/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Host Integration Server 2004 Enterprise Edition

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SYMPTOMS
A Microsoft Host Integration Server 2004 Transaction Integrator (TI) application may incorrectly call the same Customer Information Control System (CICS) transaction application two times. This problem occurs if the TI application uses the CICS Link programming model to communicate with the CICS transaction application.

Consider the following example. A TI application calls two methods that are named the TI_METHOD1 method and the TI_METHOD2 method. The TI_METHOD1 method is used to communicate with a CICS transaction application that is named the CICS1 transaction application. The TI_METHOD2 method is used to communicate with a CICS transaction application that is named the CICS2 transaction application. When the TI application calls the TI_METHOD1 method and the TI_METHOD2 method, the TI application may call the CICS1 transaction application two times. You expect the TI application to call the CICS1 transaction application first, and then you expect the TI application to call the CICS2 transaction application.

When the TI application calls the same CICS transaction application two times, errors may occur. The errors that occur depend on the CICS transaction application. For example, the following event may be logged in the Application log: Event ID: 102

Source: COMTI

Description: (102) COM Transaction Integrator reported the following exception to the client:

Component:

Method:

Exception description: (1562) Parameter Num in method  contained an invalid zoned decimal value.



Service pack information
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Host Integration Server 2004. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

940313 How to obtain the latest Host Integration Server 2004 service pack

Hotfix information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem, submit a request to Microsoft Online Customer Services to obtain the hotfix. To submit an online request to obtain the hotfix, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6294451

Note If additional issues occur or any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. To create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

File information
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STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section. This problem was first corrected in Host Integration Server 2004 Service Pack 1.



MORE INFORMATION
For more information about software update terminology, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

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