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java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "31-December-9999"
SA-8160
Summary
A new environment is built with Pega 7.1.7 based on media 114716_Pega717, on WebSphere 8.0 and Oracle 11.2.
During the Rulebase import, there were several errors related to java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "31-December-9999" even though the Rulebase import showed success.
However, Pega is up and running.
Error Messages
[java] 2015-03-06 15:40:39,180 [ main] [ ] [ ] (pboard.StorageStreamCommonImpl) INFO - engineCodeVersion: 07-10-15
[java] java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "31-December-9999"
:
[java] 2015-03-06 15:40:40,272 [ main] [ ] [ ] ( internal.mgmt.PRNodeImpl) INFO - Using codeset version and timestamp map: {pega-enginecode=07-10-15@2015-03-06 14:12:00.0}
[java] java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "31-December-9999"
:
[java] 2015-03-06 15:42:55,607 [ main] [ ] [ ] (pboard.StorageStreamCommonImpl) INFO - engineCodeVersion: 07-10-15
[java] java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "31-December-9999"
:
[java] 2015-03-06 15:42:56,860 [ main] [ ] [ ] ( etier.impl.EngineStartup) INFO - VM Name: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM(build 1.6.0_39-b04)
[java] java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "31-December-9999"
Steps to Reproduce
Build an environment with Pega 7.1.7 based on media 114716_Pega717, on WebSphere 8.0 and Oracle 11.2.
Import the Rulebase to observe the error.
Root Cause
There is no specific root cause determined for this behavior.
Resolution
This issue is resolved through the following local-change:
Create a database trigger locally.
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER DATA7_USER.set_nls AFTER LOGON ON DATABASE
DECLARE
username VARCHAR2(30);
cmmd VARCHAR2(64);
BEGIN
cmmd:='ALTER SESSION SET NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE=US';
username:= sys_context('USERENV', 'SESSION_USER') ;
IF username = 'PEGA_ADMIN_USER' then
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE cmmd;
END IF;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
NULL;
END;
/
Published January 31, 2016 - Updated October 8, 2020
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