Usage Notes
Request Length field is the length in bytes of the request string.
| Language |
Variable Name |
|---|
| COBOL: |
DBCAREA-REQ-LEN |
| C: DBCAREA.H: |
req_len |
| Routine |
Action Taken |
|---|
| DBCHINI: |
writes |
| DBCHCL: |
reads (IRQ) |
| Used by |
Action Taken |
|---|
| application program |
writes |
Before calling DBCHCL for the Initiate Request function and if Variable Length Request is set to:
- N, the application program must set the value of Request Length to the length of the request string.
- Y, the application program ignores Request Length and sets the value in the two-byte length field that precedes the request text.