VAR-LENGTH Directive

EFD Directives : VAR-LENGTH Directive

VAR-LENGTH Directive

This directive forces an alphanumeric COBOL field to be defined as VARCHAR in the database.

$EFD VAR-LENGTH

or

*(( EFD VAR-LENGTH ))

or

*>(( EFD VAR-LENGTH ))

Example

$EFD VAR-LENGTH

03 CUS-NAME PIC X(32).

$EFD VAR-LENGTH

*(( EFD VAR-LENGTH ))

*>(( EFD VAR-LENGTH ))

$EFD VAR-LENGTH 03 CUS-NAME PIC X(32).

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