Release notes for IBM InfoSphere™ Classic Data Architect Version 9.5.1

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The following information describes installation instructions, new features, and the fixes in Classic Data Architect (CDA) Version 9.5.1.

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Installation notes
New in this Fix Pack
Fixes

Installation notes

  1. If CDA V9.5 is running, exit the application.
  2. Run IBM Installation Manager. From the All Programs menu, select IBM Installation Manager >IBM Installation Manager.
  3. Select Update Packages.
  4. Select CDA V9.5 and click Next.
    • You might get a message that an update is required for IBM Installation Manager. If so, install the update.
    • If you have a firewall, you might be prompted and asked to permit the update to run. Permit it.
  5. After the update is installed, start CDA V9.5
  6. From the Help menu select the About... option and you should see that version 9.5.1 is installed.

New in this Fix Pack

This Fix Pack includes the following enhancements:
  • New Copybook Preference that allows you to map PIC 9(1) COMP through PIC 9(4) COMP as DECIMAL(5,0) instead of SMALLINT and PIC 9(5) COMP through PIC 9(9) as DECIMAL(10,0) instead of INTEGER.
  • Adabas read and write password support is added to the Properties view for Adabas table definitions.
  • Parsing fails when a PL/1 include file does not contain a DCL 1 level statement. When this occurs, CDA now adds DCL 1 to the beginning of the file which enables parsing.

Fixes

This Fix Pack addresses the following problems:
  • IMS™ subsystem was not being populated in the Properties view for a table on the data server which resulted in a missing "SUBSYSTEM" clause when DDL was generated.
  • When a COBOL copybook contained an OCCURS definition without sub-elements, CDA marked it as unmappable when it should have been mappable.
  • COBOL copybook defined with PIC SVP9(15) COMP-3 erroneously generated DECIMAL(15,16) instead of DECIMAL(16,16). CDA is modified to handle "P" value in picture clause.
  • When a CA-IDMS schema contained OCCURS DEPENDING ON or REDEFINES and the column was listed on the following line instead of the same line, parsing failed.
  • When importing Classic reference files, if the user typed a list and attempted to enter a comma, the comma was being erased forcing the user to use the Browse button to enter multiple files.
  • When editing the "NULL IS" attribute in the properties view, X'ABC' should be treated as x'ABC' to avoid a DDL submission error.