RE: API prototypes in /COPY member

["Phil" <sublime78ska@xxxxxxxxx>]

Scott,

> Please don't use the "B" data type when calling an API.  Ever.
> The I and U data types were created because the B data type doesn't
> perform well and doesn't support the full range of numbers that could be
> represented in binary.

This always makes me wonder why creating a file with the integer data type
results in 9B 0.  Maybe you know? :)

Example:

create table qtemp/phil (col1 integer)

result in :

                             Display File Field Description
 Input parameters
   File  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :  PHIL
     Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :  QTEMP
 File Information
   File  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :  PHIL
     Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :  QTEMP
   File location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :  *LCL
   Externally described  . . . . . . . . . . . :  Yes
   Number of record formats  . . . . . . . . . :      1
   Type of file  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :  Physical
   SQL file type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :  TABLE
   File creation date  . . . . . . . . . . . . :  03/05/02
 Record Format Information
   Record format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :  PHIL
   Format level identifier . . . . . . . . . . :  2B3B69E64E518
   Number of fields  . . . . . . . . . . . . . :      1
   Record length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :      4
 Field Level Information
               Data        Field  Buffer    Buffer        Field    Column
    Field      Type       Length  Length  Position        Usage    Heading
    COL1       BINARY       9  0       4         1        Both     COL1
      Allows the null value



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