SAP ABAP Data Element LENGTH (iSeries: Table field length)

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	LENGTH
Short Description	iSeries: Table field length

Data Type

Category of Dictionary Type	D	Domain
Type of Object Referenced		No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type	QINT4
Data Type	INT4	4-byte integer, integer number with sign
Length	10
Decimal Places	0
Output Length	10
Value Table

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Field Label

	Length	Field Label
Short	10	Length
Medium	15	Field length
Long	20	Table field length
Heading	6	Length

Documentation

Definition

The DB2 UDB for iSeries length attribute of the column or, in the case of a decimal, numeric, or non-zero precision binary column, its precision:

4 bytes    INTEGER

2 bytes    SMALLINT

8 bytes    FLOAT, FLOAT(n) where 25<=n<=53 or DOUBLE PRECISION

4 bytes    FLOAT(n) where 1<=n<=24, or REAL

Length of string    CHAR

Precision of number    DECIMAL

Max. length of string    VARCHAR

Precision of number    NUMERIC

4 bytes    DATE

3 bytes    TIME

10 bytes    TIMESTAMP

Length of string    GRAPHIC

Max. length of string    VARGRAPHIC

History

Last changed by/on	SAP	20070813
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