For a table of ILE COBOL or ILE RPG data types and their equivalent PCML values, see PCML data type values for languages and Web components.
The following data types are converted when a parameter is created from a database reference:
Alphanumeric (A) | character |
Binary (B) | integer |
Digits only (D) | integer |
Either DBCS or alphanumeric (E) | character |
Floating point (F) | floating point |
Graphic data type (G) | character |
Hexadecimal (H) | character |
Inhibit entry (I) | not supported |
DBCS (J) | character |
Date (L) | character |
Numeric only (M) | integer |
Numeric shift (N) | not supported |
(Open) Both DBCS and alphanumeric (O) | character |
Packed decimal (P) | packed decimal |
Zoned decimal (S) | zoned decimal |
Time (T) | character |
Katakana (W) | character |
Alphabetic only (character) (X) | character |
Numeric only (Y) | not supported |
Timestamp (Z) | character |
Binary large object (BLOB) (1) | not supported |
Character large object (CLOB) (2) | not supported |
Graphic data large object (DBCLOB) (3) | not supported |
Datalink (4) | not supported |
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