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ALLBASE/SQL Advanced Application Programming Guide

Host Variable Name Length Standards 

The following table lists the standards compliant length for a host
variable name in each supported language and the maximum ALLBASE/SQL
limit.

          Table 2-7.  FIPS 127.1 Compliant Host Variable Name Lengths 

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|                           |                                |                                |
|         Language          |           FIPS 127.1           |          ALLBASE/SQL           |
|                           |      Allowed Byte Length       |         Maximum Bytes          |
|                           |                                |                                |
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|                           |                                |                                |
| C                         |         31 to infinity         |               20               |
|                           |                                |                                |
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|                           |                                |                                |
| COBOL                     |            1 to 30             |               20               |
|                           |                                |                                |
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|                           |                                |                                |
| FORTRAN                   |            1 to 32             |               20               |
|                           |                                |                                |
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|                           |                                |                                |
| Pascal                    |  compiler limit:  implementor  |               20               |
|                           |            defined             |                                |
|                           |                                |                                |
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