SQL Reference

LONG_VARCHAR

>>-LONG_VARCHAR--(--character-string-expression--)-------------><
 

The schema is SYSIBM.

The LONG_VARCHAR function returns a LONG VARCHAR representation of a character string data type.

character-string-expression

An expression that returns a value that is a character string with a maximum length of 32 700 bytes.

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