Bug.

I found SR 8606104044
Variable HPDATE aborts job with CIERR 9805 after MPEKXP4A installed

problem
On MPE/iX 6.0, after MPEKXM0 or MPEKXP4 is installed, an attempt to use
the HPDATE system variable may fail with:

Variable name encountered, but variable is not defined. (CIERR 9805)

fix
Will be fixed in the future release of mPE/iX
Fixed in patch MPEKXW7.


HTH

Thomas Hoffmann wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Every sunday a job does db-maintenance. This job runs for 3 weeks now,
> and we never had a problem...
> until yesterday:
> We are on 6.0 pp1 (979KS/200), and the job has NOT BEEN MODIFIED since
> september 7th.
>
> Sunday 10. september, jobs works fine:
> :JOB XXXXX,........
> <snip>
>
> :IF (HPDATE >= 8 AND HPDATE <= 14)
>  *** EXPRESSION TRUE
>  :do this, do that
>  :ENDIF
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Sunday 17. september:
> :JOB XXXXX,........
> <snip>
>
> >  :IF (HPDATE >= 8 AND HPDATE <= 14)
> >                      ^
> >  Variable name encountered, but variable is not defined.
> >   (CIERR 9805)
> >  REMAINDER OF JOB FLUSHED.
> >  CPU sec. = 631.  elapsed min. = 92.  SUN, SEP 17, 2000,  5:43 AM.
> >
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Today I streamed it again, and it worked as expected:
>
> JOB XXXXX,........
> <snip>
>
> >  :IF (HPDATE >= 8 AND HPDATE <= 14)
> >  *** EXPRESSION FALSE: COMMANDS IGNORED UNTIL MATCHING ELSEIF/ELSE
> >  /ENDIF
> >  :ECHO ** bla bla bla test test
> >  :ENDIF
> >
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Is this a bug or a feature?  :-)
>
> Any ideas?
> Thank you
>
> Thomas Hoffmann
> HR Mathieu Software AG