Message-area-length is a two-byte field that is the length of the area pointed to by the Message-area-pointer field. The value is equivalent to the maximum length of a message that can be returned in that area. CLIv2 does not alter this value, so after the value is set, it remains unless changed by the application.
| In this language... | The variable name for Message-area-length is... |
|---|---|
| COBOL | DBCIMSGM |
| PL/I | DBCIMSGM |
| C, C++ | dbciMsgM |
| IBM Assembler | DBCIMSGM |
| This routine... | Does this for Message-area-length... |
|---|---|
| DBCHINI | writes |
| DBCHCL | reads |
| Message-area-length is used by... | To... |
|---|---|
| applications | write |
If the Message-area-pointer is not specified, this value is ignored.