RE: Dynamic Field Length... -- MIDRANGE-L

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Subject: RE: Dynamic Field Length...
From: "Richard Theis" <theis_richard@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 12:25:54 +0200
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> Actually under 4.4 it is 2 bytes for a max length of 65535 bytes.  IBM
keeps
> stretching things.

Varchar (SQL) or Varlen (DDS) are limited to 32740 bytes (not nullable) or
32739 bytes (nullable).  To go further, use SQL's Clob ("limited" to 15M in
V4R4/V4R5 or 2G in V5R1).

Bonne r�ception/Best regards
Richard THEIS
  AS/400 Education, France

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