Data type conversion from database reference

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
Related tasks
Calling an iSeries program from your Java application
Related reference
PCML data type values for languages and Web components
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