DDS for physical and logical files


Length (positions 30 through 34)

Specify the length of the field in these positions. The length of a field containing UTF-16 data can range from 1 through 16 383 code units. The length of a field containing UTF-8 data can range from 1 through 32 766 code units.

When determining the program length of a field containing Unicode data, consider the following:

On a logical file, if the length is not specified, and a UTF-16 to EBCDIC conversion will be taking place, the length of the corresponding physical file field will be taken, except in the following case:


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