SAP ABAP Data Element DB2COLLEN (Length attribute of the column)

Hierarchy

☛ SAP_BASIS (Software Component) SAP Basis Component
   ⤷ BC-DB-DB2 (Application Component) DB2 for z/OS
     ⤷ STU2 (Package) CCMS for DB2 for OS/390

Basic Data

Data Element	DB2COLLEN
Short Description	Length attribute of the column

Data Type

Category of Dictionary Type	D	Domain
Type of Object Referenced		No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type	DB2SINT
Data Type	INT2	2-byte integer, only for length field before LCHR or LRAW
Length	5
Decimal Places	0
Output Length	5
Value Table

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Field Label

	Length	Field Label
Short	6	Length
Medium	13	Column length
Long	20	Length of the column
Heading	6	Length

Documentation

Definition

In the case of a decimal column, the field describes its precision.

The number does not include the internal prefixes used to record actual length and null state, where applicable.

INTEGER 4

SMALLINT 2

FLOAT 4 or 8

CHAR Length of string

VARCHAR Maximum length of string

LONGVAR Maximum length of string

DECIMAL Precision of number

GRAPHIC Number of DBCS characters

VARG Maximum number of DBCS characters

LONGVARG Maximum number of DBCS characters

DATE 4

TIME 3

TIMESTMP 10

History

Last changed by/on	SAP	20070813
SAP Release Created in	700