Data Type Length Information

The negative numbers used in the Length and SQL Length columns have the following meanings:

 

Length Value

Meaning

-1

Variable length

-2

Variable length

-3

Variable length

-4

Variable length

-5

Variable length

-6

Variable length

-7

Variable length

-8

Special POISE data type - Variable length

-9

Variable length

-10

Variable length

-11

Variable length

-12

Variable length

-13

Variable length

-14

Variable length

-15

Variable length