Why Varchar in db2 instead of COBOL Binary

nandinihb · New User Joined: 10 Dec 2005 Posts: 11 Location: b'lore

hi all,
in db2 why we declare varchr(n) to cobol equivalent of
pic s9(4)comp
pic x(n)

thanks

priyesh.agrawal · Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 7:12 pm

Hi nandinihb,

pic s9(4)comp is to be defined to capture length of the field while pic x(n) represents the value of the variable.

So when you extract data you might need to modify reference as according to variable length stored in earlier part.

Regards,
Priyesh.