character data type
character data type
[′kar·ik·tər ′dad·ə ‚tīp] (computer science)
A scalar data type which provides an internal representation of printable characters.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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In order to keep its original precision, the coordinates can be stored as a variable
character data type. Optionally, numerical data types, such as decimals, can be used, however the precision may be lost during transferring and processing.
Specifically, DB2 V6.1 will include support for 18 character table and column names, 255 character index key lengths, 32Kb SQL statement sizes and 8Kb variable
character data type sizes.
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