Message-text-length is a two-byte field that is the length in bytes of a message in Message-text.
| In this language... | The variable name for Message-text-length is... |
|---|---|
| COBOL | DBCAREA-MSG-LEN |
| PL/I | MSG_LEN |
| C, C++ | msg_len |
| IBM Assembler | DBCMSGL |
| This routine... | Does this for Message-text-length... |
|---|---|
| DBCHINI | writes |
| DBCHCL | writes |
| Message-text-length is used by... | To... |
|---|---|
| applications | read |
If the Message-area-pointer is specified, this value is not returned.