Restriction: This topic applies only when a Database Connectors license has been installed via the
Micro Focus License Management System.
The following limits exist for the MSSQL file system:
| Maximum number of columns per key:
|
16
|
| Maximum number of columns:
|
1024
|
| Maximum number of bytes in a single row when using
Database Connectors for MSSQL:
|
8060
|
To achieve the same sort or retrieval sequence under MSSQL as under the file system, key fields that contain signed numeric data must be preceded by a BINARY XFD directive.
Database Connectors supports the data types shown below; when it's creating tables, the following conversion rules are used, in the sequence shown:
| COBOL
|
SQL Server
|
| DATE XFD directive
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DATETIME
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| BINARY XFD directive
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VARBINARY(n) (if SIZE < 255)
IMAGE (if SIZE >255)
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| VAR_LENGTH XFD directive
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VARCHAR(n) (if SIZE < 255)
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| Usage FLOAT
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REAL (if SIZE = 4)
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| Usage DOUBLE
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FLOAT (if SIZE = 8)
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Any other numeric usage:
| PIC 9(n)V9(m)
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SMALLINT (if m = 0 and n < 5)
INT (if m = 0 and n < 10)
DECIMAL(n + m, m)(otherwise)
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Any other usage:
| PIC X(n)
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CHAR(n) (if n < 255)
TEXT (if n > 255)
|
Other limits are described in
Limits and Ranges of the ACUCOBOL-GT documentation.
