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ALLBASE/SQL Advanced Application Programming Guide

Host Variable Data Type Declarations 

The following tables list valid ALLBASE/SQL host variable data types for
each supported language.  FIPS 127.1 standards compliant data types are
indicated with a YES. ALLBASE/SQL extensions to the standard are
indicated with a NO.

          Table 2-3.  ALLBASE/SQL FIPS 127.1 Compliant Data Type Declarations for C 

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|                                 |              |                                             |
|     ALLBASE/SQL DATA TYPES      |  FIPS 127.1  |             C DATA DECLARATIONS             |
|                                 |  Compliant?  |                                             |
|                                 |              |                                             |
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|                                 |              |                                             |
| CHAR(1)                         |      NO      | char dataname;                              |
|                                 |              |                                             |
| CHAR(n)                         |     YES      | char dataname[n+1];                         |
|                                 |              |                                             |
| VARCHAR(n)                      |      NO      | char dataname[n+1]; *                       |
|                                 |              |                                             |
| SMALLINT                        |     YES      | short dataname; or                          |
|                                 |              |                                             |
|                                 |      NO      | short int dataname;                         |
|                                 |              |                                             |
| INTEGER                         |      NO      | int dataname; or                            |
|                                 |              |                                             |
|                                 |      NO      | long int dataname; or                       |
|                                 |              |                                             |
|                                 |     YES      | long dataname;                              |
|                                 |              |                                             |
| REAL                            |     YES      | float dataname;                             |
|                                 |              |                                             |
| FLOAT(1..24)                    |      NO      | float dataname;                             |
|                                 |              |                                             |
| FLOAT(25..53)                   |      NO      | double dataname;                            |
|                                 |              |                                             |
| DOUBLE PRECISION                |     YES      | double dataname;                            |
|                                 |              |                                             |
| BINARY                          |      NO      | sqlbinary dataname;                         |
|                                 |              |                                             |

|                                 |      NO      | sqlbinary dataname[n];                      |
|                                 |              |                                             |
| VARBINARY                       |      NO      | sqlvarbinary dataname[m]; **                |
|                                 |              |                                             |
| DECIMAL                         |      NO      | double dataname;                            |
|                                 |              |                                             |
| DATE                            |      NO      | char dataname[11];                          |
|                                 |              |                                             |
| TIME                            |      NO      | char dataname[9];                           |
|                                 |              |                                             |
| DATETIME                        |      NO      | char dataname[24];                          |
|                                 |              |                                             |
| INTERVAL                        |      NO      | char dataname[21];                          |
|                                 |              |                                             |
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|                                                                                        |
| * This declaration is for non-dynamic statements only.  Refer to the chapter, "Using   |
|   Dynamic Operations," in the ALLBASE/SQL C Application Programming Guide for a        |
|   description of how to use VARCHAR dynamically.    ** See the "BINARY Data" section   |
|   in the ALLBASE/SQL C Application Programming Guide for the calculation of m.         |
|                                                                                        |
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          Table 2-4.  ALLBASE/SQL FIPS 127.1 Compliant Data Type Declarations for COBOL 

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|                           |              |                                                  |
|      SQL DATA TYPES       |  FIPS 127.1  |          COBOL DATA DESCRIPTION ENTRIES          |
|                           |  Compliant?  |                                                  |
|                           |              |                                                  |
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|                           |              |                                                  |
| CHAR(n)                   |     YES      | 01 DATA-NAME PIC X(n).                           |
|                           |              |                                                  |
| VARCHAR(n)                |      NO      | 01 GROUP-NAME.     49 LENGTH-NAME PIC S9(9)      |
|                           |              | COMP.     49 VALUE-NAME PIC X(n).                |
|                           |              |                                                  |
| BINARY                    |      NO      | 01 DATA-NAME PIC X(n).                           |
|                           |              |                                                  |
| VARBINARY(n)              |      NO      | 01 GROUP-NAME.     49 LENGTH-NAME PIC S9(9)      |
|                           |              | COMP.     49 VALUE-NAME PIC X(n).                |
|                           |              |                                                  |
| SMALLINT                  |      NO      | 01 DATA-NAME PIC S9(4) COMP.                     |
|                           |              |                                                  |
| INTEGER                   |     YES      | 01 DATA-NAME PIC S9(9) COMP.                     |
|                           |              |                                                  |
| FLOAT                     |      NO      | 01 DATA-NAME PIC S9(p-s)V9(s) COMP-3.            |
|                           |              |                                                  |
| DECIMAL(p,s)              |      NO      | 01 DATA-NAME PIC S9(p-s)V9(s) COMP-3.  or        |
|                           |              |                                                  |
|                           |     YES      | 01 DATA-NAME PIC S9(p-s)V9(s) [USAGE IS] DISPLAY |
|                           |              | [SIGN IS] LEADING SEPARATE [CHARACTER].          |
|                           |              |                                                  |
| DATE                      |      NO      | 01 DATA-NAME PIC X(10).  *                       |
|                           |              |                                                  |
| TIME                      |      NO      | 01 DATA-NAME PIC X(8).  *                        |
|                           |              |                                                  |
| DATETIME                  |      NO      | 01 DATA-NAME PIC X(23).  *                       |
|                           |              |                                                  |

| INTERVAL                  |      NO      | 01 DATA-NAME PIC X(20).  *                       |
|                           |              |                                                  |
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|                                                                                        |
| * Applies to default format specification only.                                        |
|                                                                                        |
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          Table 2-5.  ALLBASE/SQL FIPS 127.1 Compliant Data Type Declarations for FORTRAN 

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|                        |              |                                                     |
|     SQL DATA TYPES     |  FIPS 127.1  |              FORTRAN DATA DECLARATIONS              |
|                        |  Compliant?  |                                                     |
|                        |              |                                                     |
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|                        |              |                                                     |
| CHAR(1)                |      NO      | CHARACTER DataName                                  |
|                        |              |                                                     |
| CHAR(n)                |     YES      | CHARACTER*n DataName                                |
|                        |              |                                                     |
| VARCHAR(n)             |      NO      | CHARACTER*n DataName *                              |
|                        |              |                                                     |
| SMALLINT               |      NO      | INTEGER*2 DataName                                  |
|                        |              |                                                     |
| INTEGER                |     YES      | INTEGER DataName                                    |
|                        |              |                                                     |
| REAL                   |     YES      | REAL DataName or                                    |
|                        |              |                                                     |
|                        |      NO      | REAL*4 DataName                                     |
|                        |              |                                                     |
| FLOAT(1..24)           |      NO      | REAL DataName or                                    |
|                        |              |                                                     |
|                        |      NO      | REAL*4 DataName                                     |
|                        |              |                                                     |
| FLOAT(1..53)           |      NO      | DOUBLE PRECISION DataName or                        |
|                        |              |                                                     |
|                        |      NO      | REAL*8 DataName                                     |
|                        |              |                                                     |
| DOUBLE PRECISION       |     YES      | DOUBLE PRECISION DataName or                        |
|                        |              |                                                     |
|                        |      NO      | REAL*8 DataName                                     |
|                        |              |                                                     |
| BINARY                 |      NO      | CHARACTER DataName or                               |
|                        |              |                                                     |
|                        |      NO      | CHARACTER*n DataName                                |
|                        |              |                                                     |
| VARBINARY              |      NO      | CHARACTER*n DataName                                |
|                        |              |                                                     |
| DECIMAL                |      NO      | DOUBLE PRECISION DataName or                        |
|                        |              |                                                     |
|                        |      NO      | REAL*8 DataName                                     |
|                        |              |                                                     |
| DATE                   |      NO      | CHARACTER*10 DataName                               |
|                        |              |                                                     |
| TIME                   |      NO      | CHARACTER*8 DataName                                |
|                        |              |                                                     |
| DATETIME               |      NO      | CHARACTER*23 DataName                               |
|                        |              |                                                     |

| INTERVAL               |      NO      | CHARACTER*20 DataName                               |
|                        |              |                                                     |
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|                                                                                        |
| * This declaration is for non-dynamic statements only.                                 |
|                                                                                        |
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          Table 2-6.  ALLBASE/SQL FIPS 127.1 Compliant Data Type Declarations for Pascal 

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|                        |              |                                                     |
|     SQL DATA TYPES     |  FIPS 127.1  |               PASCAL TYPE DESCRIPTION               |
|                        |  Compliant?  |                                                     |
|                        |              |                                                     |
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|                        |              |                                                     |
| CHAR(1)                |      NO      | DataName : char;                                    |
|                        |              |                                                     |
| CHAR(n)                |      NO      | DataName : array [1..n] of char; or                 |
|                        |              |                                                     |
|                        |     YES      | DataName : packed array [1..n] of char;             |
|                        |              |                                                     |
| VARCHAR(n)             |      NO      | DataName : string[n];                               |
|                        |              |                                                     |
| BINARY(1)              |      NO      | DataName : char;                                    |
|                        |              |                                                     |
| BINARY(n)              |      NO      | DataName : array [1..n] of char;or                  |
|                        |              |                                                     |
|                        |      NO      | DataName : packed array [1..n] of char;             |
|                        |              |                                                     |
| VARBINARY(n)           |      NO      | DataName : string[n];                               |
|                        |              |                                                     |
| SMALLINT               |      NO      | DataName : smallint;                                |
|                        |              |                                                     |
| INTEGER                |     YES      | DataName : integer;                                 |
|                        |              |                                                     |
| REAL                   |     YES      | DataName : real;                                    |
|                        |              |                                                     |
| FLOAT                  |      NO      | DataName : longreal;                                |
|                        |              |                                                     |
| DECIMAL                |      NO      | DataName : longreal;                                |
|                        |              |                                                     |
| DATE                   |      NO      | DataName : packed array[1..10] of char; *           |
|                        |              |                                                     |
| TIME                   |      NO      | DataName : packed array[1..8] of char; *            |
|                        |              |                                                     |
| DATETIME               |      NO      | DataName : packed array[1..23] of char; *           |
|                        |              |                                                     |
| INTERVAL               |      NO      | DataName : packed array[1..20] of char; *           |
|                        |              |                                                     |
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| * Applies to default format specification only.                                        |
|                                                                                        |
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