You must specify a minimum of 2 dimensions for a multidimensional VARRAY type. The maximum number of dimensions you can specify is 5.
A multidimensional VARRAY can have a maximum size of 64,256 bytes. The auto-generated transform string for the VARRAY can have a maximum size of 64,256 bytes. The size of an auto-generated transform string for the VARRAY is limited to the maximum size of a DBS VARCHAR type. The overall limit on the number of elements is dependent on the size of the elements and the size of the transform. For details on how the size of the transform is calculated, see SQL Data Types and Literals.
- SYSUDTLIB
- The optional name of the containing database for array_type name.
- array_type_name
- The name of the multidimensional VARRAY type to be created.If the UDF library for your database contains any objects with multibyte characters in their name, you cannot use a single-byte session character set to create a new UDF, UDT, method, or Java stored procedure object even if the new object name contains only single-byte characters. Otherwise, the system returns an error to the requestor. Instead, use a multibyte session character set.
- lower_bound
- Signed INTEGER number that defines the lower bound for a multidimensional VARRAY type dimension. The lower boundary can be a negative number and must be less than or equal to upper_bound.
- upper_bound
- Signed INTEGER number that defines the upper bound for a multidimensional VARRAY type dimension. The upper boundary can be a negative number and must be greater than or equal to lower_bound.
- maximum_size
- Maximum size of a type created as a multidimensional VARRAY. The current dimension of the multidimensional VARRAY can have a maximum size 64,256 bytes.
- data_type
- The data type on which the multidimensional ARRAY type is based.
- DEFAULT NULL
- Initialize all of the elements of array_type_name to null when the type is created.