Workload-length is a four-byte field: when the Variable-length-request option is “N” it contains the number of bytes addressed by the Workload-pointer field; when the Variable-length-request option is 'Y', Workload-length is ignored.
Use of Workload requires a Connect-type setting of “C”.
Workload-length exists only when DBCHINI had been called for a DBCAREA with Total-length set to at least 640 (that is, the returned DBCAREA Level value is at least 1). For a smaller DBCAREA, Workload-length is ignored.
| In this language... | The variable name for Workload-length is... |
|---|---|
| COBOL | WORKLOAD-LEN |
| PL/I | WORKLOAD_LEN |
| C, C++ | workloadLen |
| IBM Assembler | DBCNIWLL |
| This routine... | Does this for Workload-length... |
|---|---|
| DBCHINI | writes |
| DBCHCL | reads (RCON) |
| Workload-length is used by... | To... |
|---|---|
| applications | write |
The value must be positive. The sum of this length and the length used for Session-desc-pointer must be less than or equal to one of the following values:
| The maximum value is approximately... | If Maximum-parcel is set to... |
|---|---|
| 32,725 | O |
| 64,493 | H |
| 2,147,483,602 | H, and the database supports ExtendedRespond, as indicated by the DBCHQE Extended-response-support query. |
The actual maximum may vary slightly with the version of the database being used; the value may be obtained using the DBCHQE CLIv2-limits query.