The following limits exist for the MSSQL file system: 
	 
 
		   
		   
		   
			  
				| Maximum number of columns per key:      
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				16 
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				| Maximum number of columns: 
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				1024 
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				| Maximum number of bytes in a single row when using 
				  Database Connectors for MSSQL:     
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				8060 
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	 To achieve the same sort or retrieval sequence under MSSQL as under the file system, key fields that contain signed numeric data must be preceded by a BINARY XFD directive. 
	 
 
	 Database Connectors supports the data types shown below; when it's creating tables, the following conversion rules are used, in the sequence shown: 
	 
 
	  
	 
 
		   
		   
		   
			  
				| COBOL 
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				SQL Server 
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				| DATE XFD directive 
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				  DATETIME 
 
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				| BINARY XFD directive 
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				  VARBINARY(n) (if SIZE < 255)
IMAGE (if SIZE >255) 
 
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				| VAR_LENGTH XFD directive    
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				  VARCHAR(n) (if SIZE < 255) 
 
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				| Usage FLOAT 
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				  REAL (if SIZE = 4) 
 
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				| Usage DOUBLE 
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				  FLOAT (if SIZE = 8) 
 
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	 Any other numeric usage: 
	 
 
	  
	 
 
		   
		   
		   
			  
				| PIC 9(n)V9(m)    
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				  SMALLINT (if m = 0 and n < 5)
INT (if m = 0 and n < 10)
DECIMAL(n + m, m)(otherwise)  
 
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	 Any other usage: 
	 
 
	  
	 
 
		   
		   
		   
			  
				| PIC X(n)    
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				  CHAR(n) (if n < 255)
TEXT (if n > 255)  
 
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