Portable Data Types

The portable data types are grouped into value data types and length-value data types. The portable value data types are as follows:

• CHAR

• Datetime and Interval

• GRAPHIC

• GRAPHIC EXTERNAL

• Numeric EXTERNAL (INTEGER, FLOAT, DECIMAL, ZONED)

• RAW

The portable length-value data types are as follows:

• VARCHARC

• VARRAWC

The syntax for these data types is shown in the diagram for "datatype_spec".

The character data types are CHAR, DATE, and the numeric EXTERNAL data types. These fields can be delimited and can have lengths (or maximum lengths) specified in the control file.