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Rules for defining a String field in the repository are:
Length | Strings may be 1 to 65,535 in length. Strings have no decimals. |
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Valid Keyboard Shift | Blanks, O, E, J or W. |
Allowed Attributes | AB, ASQN, CS, DDNN, FE, FUNC, FUNU, FUNX, JNMC, JNMU, JNMX, JNRC, JNRU, JNRX, LC, ND, PROC, PROU, PROX, RA, RB, RL, RLTB, SREV, SUNI, USRC, USRU, USRX. |
Edit Mask | Not allowed. |
Default | *NULL |
Usage Rules
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Files | Strings may only be used in RDMLX Files. Strings may be used as real or key fields. If used as keys, length must be no more than 4000 bytes. |
Logical Views | Strings may be used as key fields. If used as keys, length must be less than 4000 bytes. |
Virtual Fields | Strings may be used with Code Fragment Virtual Fields. |
Predetermined Join Fields | Strings may be used for lookup predetermined joined fields. |
RDML Commands | DEF_HEAD, DEF_FOOT, DEF_BREAK, and DEF_LINE only support printing of RDML fields. Therefore, String fields need to be converted to Alpha to be used in reports. |
Built-In Functions | When used in Built-In Functions, Strings are valid for arguments of type 'A'. |
Special Values | *NULL, *NAVAIL, *REMEMBERED_VALUE |
Conversion | Refer to Field Type Conversions. |
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