Item Descriptor

Use the Item Descriptor portion of the SET DESCRIPTOR statement to set value for an individual field in a system-descriptor area. 
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Item Descriptor

1 
2.1 TYPE
2.1 LENGTH
2.1 PRECISION
2.1 SCALE
2.1 NULLABLE
2.1 INDICATOR
2.1 ITYPE
2.1 ILENGTH
1  = 
2.1 literal_int_var
2.1 literal_int
1 
2.1 DATA
2.1 IDATA
1  = 
2.1  %Literal Number1
2.1  %Literal
DATETIME2
2.1  %Literal INTERVAL3
2.1  %Quoted
String4
2.1 input_var
1 
2.1 NAME
2.1  EXTYPENAME
2.1  EXTYPEOWNERNAME
1  = 
2.1  %Quoted String4
2.1 input_var
1 
2.1 SOURCEID
2.1 SOURCETYPE
2.1 EXTYPEID
2.1 EXTYPELENGTH
2.1 EXTYPEOWNERLENGTH
1  = 
2.1 literal_int_var
2.1 literal_int
Notes:
Element Description Restrictions Syntax
input_var Host variable storing data for the specified item descriptor field Must be appropriate for the specified field Language-specific
literal_int Integer value ( > 0 ) assigned to the specified item descriptor field Restrictions depend on the keyword to the left of = symbol Literal Number
literal_int_var Variable having literal_int value Same as for literal_int Language-specific

For information on codes that are valid for the TYPE or ITYPE fields and their meanings, see ids_sqs_1125.html#ids_sqs_1125.

For the restrictions that apply to other field types, see the individual headings for field types under Using the VALUE Clause.