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<h1 class="topictitle1">Length (positions 30 through 34)</h1>
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<div><p>The length of a field containing bracketed-DBCS data can range
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from 4 through 32 766 bytes (4 through 32 740 bytes if the field
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is variable length). The length of a DBCS-graphic field can range from 1 through
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16 383 characters (1 through 16 370 characters if the field is variable
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length).</p>
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<div class="section"><div class="p">When determining the length of a field containing
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DBCS data, consider the following rules: <ul><li>Each DBCS character is 2 bytes long.</li>
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<li>For DBCS-graphic fields, the length of the field is specified in the number
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of DBCS characters.</li>
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<li>Include both shift-control characters in the length of the field for fields
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with a data type of J, E, or O. Together, these characters are 2 bytes long.</li>
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<li>Fields specified with the J or E data type must have an even
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length.</li>
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<div class="p">For example, a bracketed-DBCS field that contains up to 3 DBCS
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characters, 1 shift-in character, and 1 shift-out character, has 8 bytes of
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data: <pre>(3 characters x 2 bytes) + (shift-out + shift-in) = 8</pre>
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<div class="p">A
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DBCS-graphic field that contains up to 3 DBCS characters has 6 bytes of data:
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<pre>(3 characters x 2 bytes) = 6</pre>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="dbpos.htm" title="These topics describe DBCS considerations for the length, data type, and decimal positional entries on database files. Positional entries that are not mentioned have no special considerations for DBCS.">Positional entry considerations for database files that use DBCS</a></div>
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