Example

Example 1:  Retrieve from the descriptor 'NEWDA' the number of descriptor items.

  EXEC SQL GET DESCRIPTOR  'NEWDA'
    :numitems = COUNT;

Example 2:  Retrieve from the first item descriptor of descriptor 'NEWDA' the data type and the octet length.

  GET DESCRIPTOR 'NEWDA'
    VALUE 1 :dtype   = TYPE, 
            :olength = OCTET_LENGTH;