Usage Notes
The Message Length field is the length of the message in Message Text.
Language | Variable Name |
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COBOL: | DBCAREA-MSG-LEN |
C: DBCAREA.H: | msg_len |
Routine | Action Taken |
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DBCHINI: | writes |
DBCHCL: | writes |
Used by | Action Taken |
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application program | reads |
Message Length is available after every call to DBCHCL, even those with return code of zero.
If the Message Area Pointer is specified, this value is not returned.