The following applies to setting the value for Variable-length-request prior to making a call to DBCHCL.
| If the application sets Variable-length-request to... | Then the ... |
|---|---|
| Y | Request-length field is ignored and the Request-pointer must point to the two-byte area containing the length of the request string, which is followed by the actual request string. |
| N | application must supply the length information separately from the request string, in Request-length. See Variable-length-request. |