The SQL descriptor area either consists of only one identifier (COUNT) or consists of one identifier (COUNT) and one
or more item descriptor areas (elements of the SQL descriptor area). COUNT indicates the number of select column
lists in the SQL descriptor area; the data type is an exact numeric with binary precision. In the following figure, n
indicates the number of select column lists in the SQL descriptor area.
Each item descriptor area consists of the items listed in the table below.
The table below shows the correspondence between the TYPE values (data-type codes) of the SQL descriptor area
and SQL data types.
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