When using the SQL Descriptor Area to receive the following information, you can also receive the column name information and routine parameter information by specifying a Column Name Descriptor Area:

• Retrieval item information (number of retrieval items, as well as each retrieval item's data type, data length, and maximum number of elements)
• CALL statement's input/output ? parameter information (number of ? parameters, as well as the ? parameter's data type and data length)

Organization of this section

C.1 Organization and contents of the Column Name Descriptor Area

C.2 Expanding the Column Name Descriptor Area