PQ66130: INITARGS CONTINUATION CHARACTER "\" IS NO LONGER SUPPORTED IN WEBSPERE APPLICATION SERVER V3.5 AND LATER

APAR status
Closed as documentation error.

Error description
If one migrates from the WebSphere Application Server V1.2,
you might have used a continuation character ("\") on the
servlet.servlet_name.initargs  property in the was.conf
file to include additional variables for the getInitParameter
method because a maximum of 255 characters were allowed
on a single line in the was.conf file. Since up to 1024
characters are allowed on a single line in the V3.5 was.conf
file (and later versions as well), the use of this continuation
character is no longer supported.
Local fix Problem summary
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* USERS AFFECTED: All users of WebSphere Application Server    *
*                 V4.0.1 for z/OS and OS/390 migrating from    *
*                 WebSphere Application Server v1.2.           *
*                                                              *
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* PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: After migrating to WebSphere            *
*                      Application Server V4.0.1  the use of   *
*                      continuation character "\" on the       *
*                      servlet.servlet_name.initargs property  *
*                      in the was.conf file is no longer       *
*                      supported.                              *
*                                                              *
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* RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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After migrating from V1.2, the use of the continuation character
"\" on the servlet.servlet_name.initargs  property in the
was.conf file is no longer supported.  The "\" will not be
processed as a continuation character but will be treated as a
normal character.  The result will be incorrect and/or missing
initargs.  For any  servlet affected by the incorrectly
processed initarg property, the init methods may fail, and/or
incorrect results may occur for requests for any of these
servlets.
Problem conclusion
The following note was added to the section "Passing
init-parameters to a servlet" in Chapter 3 of "WebSphere
Application Server Standard Edition Planning, Installing, and
Using, V3.5", GC34-4835:

Note: If you migrated from WebSphere Application Server V1.2,
you might have used a continuation character (....\....) on
the servlet.servlet_name.initargs property in the was.conf file
to include additional variables for the getInitParameter
method because a maximum of 255 characters were allowed on a
single line in the was.conf file. Since up to 1024 characters
are allowed on a single line in the V3.5 was.conf file, the
use of this continuation charater is no longer supported.

The most current version of this publication is available on
the product library page at URL:

http://www.software.ibm.com/software/webservers/appserv/
zos_os390/library.html
Temporary fix Comments
APAR information
APAR number PQ66130
Reported component name WEBSPHERE OS/39
Reported component ID 5655A9800
Reported release 401
Status CLOSED DOC
PE NoPE
HIPER NoHIPER
Submitted date 2002-09-11
Closed date 2002-11-08
Last modified date 2002-11-08

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Product categories: Software > Application Servers > Distributed Application & Web Servers > WebSphere Application Server for z/OS
Operating system(s):
Software version: 401
Software edition:
Reference #: PQ66130
IBM Group: Software Group
Modified date: Nov 8, 2002