SAP ABAP Data Element DB2COLTYPE (Column type specified in the column definition)

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	DB2COLTYPE
Short Description	Column type specified in the column definition

Data Type

Category of Dictionary Type	D	Domain
Type of Object Referenced		No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type	DB2COLTYPE
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	10	Col. type
Medium	15	Column type
Long	20	Column type
Heading	7	Coltype

Documentation

Definition

Possible values:

INTEGER Large integer

SMALLINT Small integer

FLOAT Floating-point

CHAR Fixed-length character string

VARCHAR Varying-length character string

LONGVAR Varying-length character string

DECIMAL Decimal

GRAPHIC Fixed-length graphic string

VARG Varying-length graphic string

LONGVARG Varying-length graphic string

DATE Date

TIME Time

TIMESTMP Timestamp

Whether a column described as VARCHAR, LONGVAR, VARG or LONGVARG is a long string column or not depends on its length attribute.

History

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