DBCS Large Character Strings

Host Variable Formats

OpenESQL

01 dbcs1.
   49 dbcs1-len          PIC S9(9) COMP-5.
   49 dbcs1-data         PIC N(32000) USAGE DISPLAY-1.

01 dbcs2.
   49 dbcs2-len          PIC S9(9) COMP-5.
   49 dbcs2-data         PIC G(32000).

• The level number for group items containing only two elementary items must be 49. The first item is a four-byte field declared with usage COMP or COMP-5 that represents the effective length of the character string. The length field can be signed or unsigned. The second item is a PIC n DISPLAY-1 or PIC G data type, where n is an integer representing the length of the field that holds the data.
• SQL statements must reference the group name.

OpenESQL .NET Managed Runtime

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

01 dbcs3      string.

For more information on using host variables with international data, see OpenESQL Globalization Best Practices.