SQL Reference

LONG_VARGRAPHIC

>>-LONG_VARGRAPHIC--(--graphic-expression--)-------------------><
 

The schema is SYSIBM.

The LONG_VARGRAPHIC function returns a LONG VARGRAPHIC representation of a double-byte character string.

graphic-expression

An expression that returns a value that is a graphic string with a maximum length of 16 350 double byte characters.

The result of the function is a LONG VARGRAPHIC. If the argument can be null, the result can be null; if the argument is null, the result is the null value.