Column-info - Call-Level Interface Version 2

Teradata Call-Level Interface Version 2 Reference for Mainframe-Attached Systems

Product
Call-Level Interface Version 2
Release Number
15.10
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2018-10-07
dita:id
B035-2417
lifecycle
previous
Product Category
Teradata Tools and Utilities

Column‑info is a one byte EBCDIC field that indicates whether varying-length column name, title, and format information in existing response parcels (Field (flavor 18), PrepInfo[X] (flavors 86 and 126), StmtInfo (flavor 169)) can be longer than the existing maximum.

 

In this language...

The variable name for Column‑info is...

COBOL

COLUMN‑INFO

PL/I

COLUMN_INFO

C

columnInfo

IBM Assembler

DBRICIN

 

This routine...

Does this for Column‑info...

DBCHINI

writes

DBCHCL

reads (CON; IRQ; RSUP)

 

Column‑info is used by...

To...

applications

write.

One of the following values may be set before initiating a request:

 

If...

Then set Column‑info to...

indicates varying‑length column name, title, and format information in existing response parcels cannot be longer than the existing maximum.

'O'

  • DBRICINO for Assembler
  • DBC_ColInfoOrig for C
  • ORIGINAL for COBOL
  • DBC_COL_INFO_ORIG for PL/I
  • indicates varying-length column name, title, and format information in existing response parcels can be longer than the existing maximum.

    'E'

  • DBRICINE for Assembler
  • DBC_ColInfoExt for C
  • EXTENDED for COBOL
  • DBC_COL_INFO_EXT for PL/I
  • If not specified, the default from the HSHSPB is used, which as distributed is 'O'