[BUG] Known issues between QTP and IBM DB2

Well, it's not new the fact that some softwares do not behave well when in contact with other softwares, when running in the same box, specially when we have a multi-company mix of flavours and versions. Raise your hand if you never had issues running a software that required a minimum version of .NET Framework (3, 3.5, 4+) or Java RE (5, 6, 7+).


I personally work for an US based company, which uses QTP environment for its automated regression tests runs and IBM DB2 as main database server. And to access this database mainframe, it's required to have an IBM client software (which is the standard method to access databases of any kind).

Today, me and my coworker realized that after some QTP 10/11 installs and uninstalls (can't tell the exactly moment), QTP intentionally changed some DB2 software initialization parameters. Can you believe that? That change made most of the DB2 software not to work, as described in the following IBM article.

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21517110

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[BUG] Can't tocuh this!

I swear I thought about a better title for this post, but I failed. Period. Maybe I'm just not in a good day.

So, straight to the point, QTP has a bug in the code editor. When you are typing a sentence you CAN'T hold the SHIFT key and press SPACE bar at the same time. The expected result is that the editor will insert an empty space in your code, but instead it DOES NOTHING. Fucking Freaking nothing. Nothing et al, niente, nix, zero, nada.

So, bottom line, it's very small but annoying like hell bug in the editor.

WORKAROUND: Hit Caps Lock key or just release the SHIFT key before hitting SPACE bar.