Any level 77 data description entry can be followed by one or more REDEFINES entries. However, the names in these entries cannot be used in SQL statements.
Unpredictable results may occur when a structure contains levels defined below a FILLER item.
The COBOL declarations for SMALLINT, INTEGER, and BIGINT data types are expressed as a number of decimal digits. The database manager uses the full size of the integers and can place larger values in the host variable than would be allowed in the specified number of digits in the COBOL declaration. However, this can cause data truncation or size errors when COBOL statements are being run. Ensure that the size of numbers in your application is within the declared number of digits.