SAP ABAP Data Element COLTYPE (iSeries: Table field data type)

Hierarchy

☛ SAP_BASIS (Software Component) SAP Basis Component
   ⤷ BC-DB-DB4 (Application Component) DB2 for AS/400
     ⤷ STU4 (Package) CCMS / AS/400

Basic Data

Data Element	COLTYPE
Short Description	iSeries: Table field data type

Data Type

Category of Dictionary Type	D	Domain
Type of Object Referenced		No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type	QCHAR8
Data Type	CHAR	Character String
Length	8
Decimal Places	0
Output Length	8
Value Table

Further Characteristics

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Field Label

	Length	Field Label
Short	9	Data type
Medium	9	Data type
Long	9	Data type
Heading	8	DataType

Documentation

Definition

Data type on iSeries.

Possible data types are:

Integer    4-byte integer

Smallint    2-byte integer

Float    Floating point; FLOAT, REAL or DOUBLE PRECISION

Char    Character string of a fixed length <= 256

Varchar    Varying-length character string

Decimal    Packed decimal

Numeric    Zoned decimal

Date    Date

Time    Time

Timestamp    Date and time

Graphic    Fixed-length graphic string

Varg    Varying-length graphic string

Note

The data types defined within the ABAP Dictionary are mapped internally to the data types on iSeries.

Example

ABAP Dictionary Data Type    Data Type on iSeries

INT4    Integer

INT2    Smallint

INT1    Smallint

History

Last changed by/on	SAP	20070813
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