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LVARBINARY ( length )
Corresponds to an arbitrarily long byte array with the maximum length defined by the
amount of available disk storage up to 1,073,741,823. A BLOB is an object of data type
LVARBINARY.
Maximum length for VARBINARY
The maximum length of the VARBINARY data type depends on:
• The number of columns in a table — More columns in a table further limits the length
of VARBINARY data.
• When a table was created — Tables created earlier can support longer VARBINARY data
than tables created later.
LVARBINARY limitations
Current limitations for LVARBINARY support are as follows:
• LVARBINARY data type will only be accessible from the SQL Engine. LVARBINARY data
columns added to tables created by the ABL (Advanced Business Language) are not
visible to the ABL.
• LVARBINARY data columns cannot be part of an index.
• LVARBINARY data columns cannot be used for variables or as parameters in stored
procedures.
• Comparison operations are not supported on LVARBINARY columns. Comparison
operations between LVARBINARY columns are not supported. Comparison operations
between LVARBINARY columns and columns of other data types are not supported.
• Conversion, aggregate, and scalar functions are disallowed on this data type.
• LVARBINARY does not have National Language Support (NLS).
Language support for LVARBINARY
This data type has normal column functionality except for the following exceptions:
• A column of data type LVARBINARY is not a valid column name in a CREATE INDEX
statement.
• When issuing a CREATE TABLE statement, a valid data type for the column definitions is
LVARBINARY. However, LVARBINARY does not allow the column constraints of PRIMARY
KEY, FOREIGN KEY, UNIQUE, REFERENCES, and CHECK.
• When creating a table with a column of data type LVARBINARY, place the table in a new
AREA.
• The VALUES option on the INSERT statement is not valid for the LVARBINARY data type.
• In a SELECT statement, a WHERE, GROUP BY, HAVING, or ORDER BY clause cannot use a
column of data type LVARBINARY.