RDB/VMS SQL SET_CHARACTER_LENGTH — VMS RDB_4.2
SET CHARACTER LENGTH ─────> runtime-options ────> typebox (;) SET CHARACTER LENGTH specifies whether the length of character string parameters, columns, domains, and offsets are interpreted as characters or octets. An octet is a group of eight bits. You can use the SET CHARACTER LENGTH statement with interactive and dynamic SQL only.
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runtime options
runtime-options
──┬───> typebox (')literal' ──────────────┬──>
├───> parameter ──────────────┤
└───> parameter-marker ───────┘
The value of runtime-options must be either OCTETS or
CHARACTERS.
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OCTETS
The length of character string parameters, columns, and domains and offsets are interpreted as octets.
CHARACTERS
The length of character string parameters, columns, and domains and offsets are interpreted as characters.