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Section 4 Problem ResolutionsAdmissions ModuleAlpha characters are sorted by their ASCII values. For example, a1 will be sortedafter A1, and A will be sorted after 1.If no priority is entered, the greatest decision code is sorted first.”Curriculum ViewsSRVACUR,SAVACUIR,SGVACUR,SHVACUR,SOVACUR(#1-ZLTM4)Description: The fields being selected from the views were not in the same order asthe named fields to be selected into for the DEPT_CODE_2 field and theCURR_RULE_MAJR_2 field. The result is you would need to select theCURR_RULE_MAJR_2 to actually retrieve the DEPT_CODE_2 data and vice versa.Impact: The department and curriculum rules for the second major are switched inthe view definition list. The user will have to query and expect the department tohave the DML name of the curriculum rule.Resolution: All the *ACUR views (SRVACUR, SAVACUR, SGVACUR, SHVACUR,SOVACUR) have been modified to switch the second major department and majorcurriculum rules in the definition of the view.Curriculum APIssb_curriculum,sb_fieldofstudy,sb_learneroutcome(#1-10IKV5)Description: The dynamic update statements executed by the DML packages do notfully use bind variables for all runtime values. This causes extra hard parsing of newcursors at runtime and affects system performance by increasing parsing overhead,cached cursors, and latch contention. The issue occurs across Banner products,including Self-Service.Impact: This level of latch contention was not anticipated when the DML updatearchitecture was designed, and research is taking place to find the best method tocorrect the situation. It is not recommended that institutions use the session settingCURSOR_SHARING=FORCE in the meantime, as this appears to create otherperformance behavior that is difficult to diagnose.Resolution: The following objects have been passed through a conversion processto change the DML p_update procedure to use an explicit rather than dynamicupdate:• sokd_shrdgmr0.sql• sokd_shrdgmr1.sql• sokd_sorlcur0.sql• sokd_sorlcur1.sql• sokd_sorlfos0.sql• sokd_sorlfos1.sql• sokb_curriculum1.sql• sokb_fieldstudy1.sql• sokb_learneroutcome1.sqlStudent Release 7.3.2 February 200794 Release Guide Confidential