The PL/I Import wizard generates logical data model data
types from PL/I data structure data types.
The following table shows the correspondence between PL/I primitive
types and logical data model types.
Table 1. PL/I model-to-logical-data-model
data type mappingsPL/I primitive types |
Logical data model types that the transformation
generates |
CHARACTER (N) |
CHAR(N) |
CHARACTER (N) VARYING |
VARCHAR(N) |
GRAPHIC (N) |
CHAR(N) |
WIDECHAR (N) |
CHAR(N) |
FIXED BINARY (1-15) |
SHORT |
FIXED BINARY (16-31) |
INTEGER |
FIXED DECIMAL (precision, scale) |
DECIMAL(precision,scale) |
FIXED DECIMAL (N) |
LONG |
BIN FLOAT (1-24) |
FLOAT |
BIN FLOAT (25-53) |
DOUBLE |
DEC FLOAT (1-7) |
FLOAT |
DEC FLOAT (8-16) |
DOUBLE |
BIT (N) |
BINARY(N) |
PICTURE '(15)9' |
VARCHAR(15) |
PICTURE '(20)A' |
VARCHAR(20) |