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Unicode Variable-length Character Strings

Unicode variable-length character strings (NVARCHAR) are SQL data types similar to variable-length character strings, but are encoded using UTF-16 characters instead of single- or mixed-byte characters.

Host Variable Formats

OpenESQL and DB2 ECM

01 nvarchar1.
   49 nvarchar1-len        PIC S9(4)  COMP-5.
   49 nvarchar1-data       PIC N(200) USAGE NATIONAL.

01 nvarchar2.
   49 nvarchar1-len        PIC S9(4)  COMP.
   49 nvarchar1-data       PIC N(200) USAGE NATIONAL.

OpenESQL .NET Managed Runtime

In addition to the definition valid for OpenESQL, the following definition is also valid for the OpenESQL .NET Managed Runtime:

01 nvarchar3               string.